Posted on 06/13/2013 2:12:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Thursday during debate on the Senate floor about an amendment offered by Republican Senator John Thune requiring 350 miles of double-layer fencing along the southern border, Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu called the fence "dumb" and claimed South Dakota is a border state. Thune's amendment backs up the 2006 Secure Fence Act (which Landrieu voted for) requiring 700 miles of double layer fence along the southwest border with Mexico, of which only 36 miles have been completed.
I’m going to speak about this amendment for just a minute, but I’ld like to respond to Senator Thune, and I wish that we could get a vote on his amendment as well as this one because I would like to strongly vote and strongly express objection to this amendment. And I’d like to comments for a minute. I chair the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee that is actually building the fence. The money to build it comes though my Committee, so I’ve actually gone down to look at the fence that we’re trying to build. It was shocking to me and would be shocking to everyone in America if they would see it. That no matter if you build a single fence or a double fence with space in between, how easy it is for people to be very ingenious about getting over it or under it. So I would be voting against Senator Thune’s amendment because I’m, not going to waste taxpayer money on a dumb fence and that ‘s what his amendment would be. We need to build a smart fence. And a fence is not just a physical structure which could be built out of a variety of different materials with or without barbed wire on the top. A smart fence which is what Senator McCain and I want to build – since he’s from Arizona, I think he knows more about this than the Senator from South Dakota, who only has a border with Canada that is quite different.
Yesterday, Sens. Dean Heller and Harry Reid pushed an amendment classifying Nevada as a border state.
Well, to be fair, with 57 states and all...
How is a typical liberal supposed to keep up?
She is just plain fing stupid.
Blah Blah Blah. If both sat down privately they could decide the best course of action in 5 or 10 minutes and make it easier on all of us. They are just clowns and cannot do it simply.
Well Nevada borders Californicated...
Gotta keep those Damn North Dakotans Out!
the 2006 Secure Fence Act
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Congressman Duncan Hunter’s fence
At the time the House Appropriations Committee voted ALL the money necessary to build it
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
where is it ???
Mary is having a tough day. Geographically challenged and has a drunk son.
ever seen a Mexican prison....12 ft walls barbed wire and broken bottles on top....scarey
On the other hand, put a $50 bounty on Illegals and Rednecks will make them endangered species in a short time.
Ditto.
Mary: Your son is a drunk but he isn’t as stupid as you.
Even Patty Murray laughs at Mary Landrieu.
New phrase for the lexicon: “Man, you are just Landrieu-dumb”.
Where are these 7 states. Can they succeed I would be interested in relocating.
Can you imagine if a Republican had said this, it would be blared from the LapDog enemedia for days on end.
Laugh if you all want to, but we don’t need those stinking South Dakota border jumpers! LMAO
This is what Democrats elect to office. Simply amazing...
Yes we need a smart fence, a fence composed of armed American Military who will defend America as they swore with bullets.
Frank "Connor" Snellings, 21, the son of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., was arrested Thursday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated, hit-and-run driving, and driving the wrong way on a one-way street in the French Quarter, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
The car Snellings was driving hit a pedestrian, who was not seriously injured, according to the sheriff's report.
” Yesterday, Sens. Dean Heller and Harry Reid pushed an amendment classifying Nevada as a border state.”
Must be money in it. Ole Harry needs to pilfer some more cash.
And all this time I thought South Dakota bordered North Dakota.
If the Canadians dug a tunnel to smuggle things in it would be a helluva long one.
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