I guest hosted on WAPI this past week and had the opportunity to speak with Senator Jeff Sessions who I think is one of the few rock solid guys in Washington, D.C., working to defend the Constitution and advance conservative reforms.
In our 10 minute talk, which you can hear below, Senator Sessions discusses Senate Democrats finally agreeing to propose a budget for the first time in almost four years, and talks through some of the challenges of immigration reform (5:15).
Below the video you can read some of Senator Sessions’ best quotes from the interview.
Senator Sessions on the Senate Democrats finally producing a budget:
“The law requires a budget to be produced every year by the congress. It even sets the date… We need a budget.”
“It requires the majority in the U.S. Senate, allies of the President, to lay out a budget that they’re prepared to defend… and we can examine it like they examined the House budget.”
“Harry Reid…said it’s foolish to have a budget. He was not saying it was foolish for America… he was saying it’s foolish politically. They were getting away with attacking a responsible budget submitted by the House that had some reductions in spending in it, while never producing a plan themselves.”
“We were able to force a vote on the President’s budget. It got zero votes in the House or the Senate. Not a single Democrat voted for it… They voted against every plan and therefore were never on record as favoring any solution. And it worked for them politically.”
“I don’t see how the Democrat majority in the Senate can claim to be worthy of leading America if they don’t have the responsibility to even lay out their financial plan for the country when we’re on the most systemically unsustainable debt course the nation has ever been on.”
Senator Sessions on immigration reform:
“We need to move to a system that is honest, where the law is enforced, that is orderly.”
“We’ll always have a generous immigration policy, but it should serve the national interest. We should try to identify the people who are likely to be successful when they come to America, not go on subsidies from the government immidiately upon arriving.”
“We need to make sure that people don’t enter the country illegally and then take jobs from Americans at a time of high unemployment.”
“I really like Marco Rubio. He’s really trying to do something good for the country… What I’m telling my friends is, if you can produce something good, you’ll have support from me. But you’ve got to know, I lack confidence [that President Obama will enforce immigration law].”
“In 1986, amnesty was given to about 3 million people — now we’re looking at 11 million — and they were told, ‘we will enforce the law in the future, don’t worry about’… The law was never enforced and now they’re saying ‘let’s do it again.’ The American people are saying ‘let’s get this system under control first.’”
What else is going on?
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2. Alabama Exports Hit New Record at $19.5 Billion
3. What to Watch for This Week
4. Alabama Policy Institute says Republican legislators are standing up for religious liberty
5. House Republicans had the best week in Montgomery…AEA, not so much.
