Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), who spoke on the Senate floor Thursday morning prior to a cloture vote on the immigration reform bill, said the bill is not good for America.
Corker has voted three times against cloture on the bill and will vote against cloture for a fourth time today, he said.
Sen. Corker said, “I think that this bill is not good for America because I believe America has lost faith in our government's ability to do the things that it says it will do. We've had intelligence gaps. We've had evolving reasons as to why we're involved in military conflicts. We've seen what's happened at the local, state, and federal level (in situations) like Katrina. We have ministers that want to go on mission trips today but cannot get passports renewed.
"This is about competence. It is about credibility. I think Americans feel that they are losing their country. They're not losing it to people who speak differently or talk differently or are from different backgrounds. They're losing it to a government that … (does) not have the competence or the ability to carry out the things that it says it will do.”