Posted on 06/28/2007 12:40:20 PM PDT by TomGuy
12:38 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: I thank the members of the Senate and members of my administration who worked so hard on the border security and immigration reform bill. I'm sorry the Senate was unable to reach agreement on the bill this morning.
Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people and Congress's failure to act on it is a disappointment. The American people understand the status quo is unacceptable when it comes to our immigration laws. A lot of us worked hard to see if we couldn't find a common ground -- it didn't work.
Congress really needs to prove to the American people that it can come together on hard issues. The Congress needs to work on comprehensive energy policy and good health care; make sure health care is affordable without inviting the federal government to run the health care system. We've got to work together to make sure we can balance this federal budget, and not overspend or raise taxes on the American people. We've got a lot of work to do.
When they come back from the summer -- from the July recess, before the summer break begins, we'll be focusing on the appropriations process. And I look forward to working with Congress to balance our budgets and to be wise about how we spend the people's money.
Thank you for your time.
END 12:40 P.M. EDT
“Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.”
If by "status quo" you mean that you refusing to enforce existing immigration laws is unacceptable then I agree with you jorge.
That would be a new approach. The veto pen hasn't seen much use in budgetary matters.
It might have worked if La Raza didn’t have veto power over everything included in the bill.
Next time you look for “common ground” maybe you’ll think about giving the American people veto power over what should be included in the legislation.
By the by, you won’t get the kind of legislation if you ask Kennedy to put it together for you. Try Senator Sessions next time around.
Like hell. They realize the status quo of your piss-poor enforcement of such is unacceptable.
Now, since you made the case that you need more resources for enforcement, I fully expect to see you and Chertoff push for a bill that would authorize and fund all the enforcement provisions in the failed bill, without all the other nonsense.
Yeah, and I also expect Michael Moore to develop anorexia.
You folks on the internet and talk radio are gonna get the "Texas Two-step"....
The "unfairness doctrine" is gonna shut you up!
See you at the signing!
You folks on the internet and talk radio are gonna get the "Texas Two-step"....
The "unfairness doctrine" is gonna shut you up!
You folks on the internet and talk radio are gonna get the "Texas Two-step"....
The "unfairness doctrine" is gonna shut you up!
Not as much as we’re disappointed in him for shoving this down our throats.
"My momma said,
"We should all work together."
The Congress needs to work on comprehensive energy policy.
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They just punted that too didn’t they?? The D’s couldn’t allow nuclear power to be the cornerstone of electric production...
I got my wish ,,, a (RINO) president reduced to impotence and a congress that can’t pass anything... Hooray! no new bills until we vote in a real conservative as pres. and a congress that listens to us..
Get Rush, Newt, Cronyn, Hunter, Tancredo and a few other thinkers and maybe something will gel.
Screw Jorge!
..and yet, still not a word about protecting the borders. His speech is sour grapes. How about acknowledging that OBVIOUSLY the people of America don’t want this abomination and then RESPECTING that wish by defending the borders NOW.
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