[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 194 (Monday, November 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                       Business Before the Senate

  Madam President, secondly, I would like to say, in response to 
Senator McConnell, yes, we need to come together on a bipartisan basis 
to not only deal with bringing order to the border but, also, the issue 
of immigration. If we are going to hold up assistance to Israel and 
Ukraine until we try to solve the intractable problems and challenges 
that we have faced for over 30 years--because that is the last time we 
passed immigration reform--that is an unreasonable burden.
  We can do things together so long as there are people of good will at 
the table of both political parties, but to say we are going to hold 
back military assistance from Ukraine and Israel until something is 
accomplished which we have sought to do for over 30 years may not be 
realistic. Let's be honest about it.
  We want to make sure that the people that we support, our allies and 
those we have fought beside, will have the resources they need to be 
successful. We want to stop Vladimir Putin. We want to stop the 
terrorists who attacked Israel on October 7. Let's not create political 
hurdles of our own making and make that next to impossible.