Jim Kolbe Quotes (23 Quotes)

We will be able to funnel 99 percent of the currently undocumented population through ports of entry, where they can be documented, screened and monitored to give the U.S. a better understanding of who is living within the nation's borders.

The mood on Capitol Hill is not a pleasant one, ... There's a divisiveness that I think we haven't seen in a long time and I worry about that. I like to think that I've been a moderating influence on that.

I think His Majesty agrees we need to do everything we can to support Abu Mazen Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, to make sure that his police have the tools they need to provide the security, ... That is the big question there. The Israelis are reluctant to allow any kinds of weapons across, into Gaza, into the West Bank, to the security forces, but if he doesn't have those security forces properly armed he can't do the job.

Now there's going to be buying power over these plans and it's going to force the prices down, so it's going to effect their profit line a little bit on the bottom line. It's going to cut off a little of their profits, if there's the competition we think there's going to be.

Any realistic guest-worker program must include provisions for those who are already in this country regardless of how they arrived here,

They need to weigh all of this because if you don't sign up for it now and you wait 10 years to sign up for it, when you're 75, you're going to pay a much higher premium.

Fort Huachuca has produced well-trained soldiers and now can produce even more, ... Fort Huachuca is here to stay. It's stronger today, with eyes on the future.

You're finding there is a lot of competition among these plans to get different drugs signed up and to get them at the lowest possible costs because they want to attract people to their plan.

Leadership has decided nothing's going to happen on Social Security. They don't see a way out of the box, so they're looking for something that gets them politically off the hook but doesn't cause them too much political grief.

I do favor guest workers, H1B visas and student visas.

I'm looking forward to the day when we have a free trade agreement (with New Zealand),

We have so much money going to so many different agencies that I think there is great opportunity for misuse of funds and mismanagement and even, unfortunately, fraud. We need to move as quickly as possible.

For those who are in that choice, those are probably low income people. About 14 million Americans are going to have a benefit here, that's going to be almost 100 percent, not quite, but almost 100 percent of coverage.

A free trade agreement with Malaysia is about more than economics.

Who manages the ports has nothing to do with safety. Dubai is a proven ally in the war on terror and blocking the sale sends the wrong message. We must focus our attention on the issue at hand - providing our ports with the technology and resources needed to prevent terrorist attacks.

The bill before us today does nothing to solve the real problems of immigration. It's worse than nothing because it tries to fool the public. It pulls the wool over their eyes. It pretends we are doing something to secure our border when in fact we are doing nothing except throw words and money at the problem.

I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'

I've never denied my sexual orientation. I just don't make a point of it. It isn't what I do. Clearly, I'm known for the work I've done on trade and Social Security.

It was useful and helpful to know that they've moved this far ahead in their specific proposal.

Most people stash away or toss aside pennies instead of reusing them thereby forcing the federal government to produce billions more every year,

not wasted on government bureaucracy or frivolous projects.

Through free trade, we have exported our principles, as well as our products - sharing America's freedom and democracy with the world,

There are so many people moving around on the floor that nobody would notice anything,