Henry Bonilla Professions : Former United States Representative Born : January 2, 1954 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Henry Bonilla The harshness and choice of words can cut deeply. Republicans need to show compassion and to be reasonable when talking to any ethnic group. Henry Bonilla cutting compassion talking Governments should not be able to bulldoze a person's home or business to benefit other individuals. Henry Bonilla benefits government home Most Hispanics are concerned with the same issues other Americans are - the economy, jobs, education. Similar to Main Street America. Henry Bonilla issues jobs america It's a wonderful city and every American has enjoyed New Orleans in one way or the other. Henry Bonilla new-orleans cities way In the next four years, President Bush will continue to keep America safe, our enemies on the run, and our economic progress moving forward. Texas is the home of our President, and we will make sure that is true for another four years. Henry Bonilla home running moving I can recall back in 1998, in August of that year, when we had a horrible disaster along the Mexican border in the town of Del Rio. At the time, FEMA was the shining star of the federal government. It's now perceived as many to be the dullest knife in the drawer. Right or wrong, that's the perception. Henry Bonilla disaster i-can government time Well, we have a crisis along the Mexican border right now, a state of emergency as declared by a bipartisan group of Texas House members just last fall. You know, we've had almost 200,000 OTMs - the government categorizes OT 'other, other than Mexicans' - along the Mexican border. Henry Bonilla group you government fall Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can take from you. Henry Bonilla your you american-dream dream We may not be able to control the Supreme Court... but we can control the money. Henry Bonilla control supreme-court court money Regardless of your political affiliation, most people agree that Ronald Reagan was an American icon. He was a president of national significance and for that reason he deserves an honor in the nation's capital. Henry Bonilla nation political honor people President Bush offers the American people an optimistic vision and a clear choice in November. The President has provided steady leadership in remarkably changing times. He knows exactly where he wants to lead this country, and he has complete confidence in the American people. Henry Bonilla confidence vision leadership people Well, I think when you come here and wave a Mexican flag in our face in a country that's giving a lot of these people an opportunity that they've never had before, I think a lot of Americans are insulted, whether they're first-, second-, third-, fourth- or fifth-generation Americans. Henry Bonilla face you opportunity people But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door. Henry Bonilla door you fire house This issue of border security is not about, about ethnicity. I sit there on occasion with 10 or 12 sheriffs from my district, many of which are Democrats with last names like Reyes, with last names like Herrera and Lucio. And they are crying out for border security as well. So again, this is not an issue about being anti-Mexican. Henry Bonilla sit being like security You know, one of the perceptions, again, about FEMA is that there's been a demise in the organization since it became the - under - it started to become part of the Department of Homeland Security. Henry Bonilla know you security organization It's difficult when you're an appointee of any administration to publicly come out and say before a crisis occurs to say that we need to do X, Y and Z to avoid a crisis, because you probably wouldn't be around very long if you did that. Henry Bonilla say you difficult long Similar Authors Bud Shuster former-united-states-representative Bruce Vento former-united-states-representative Brian Baird former-united-states-representative Artur Davis former-united-states-representative Anthony Wayne former-united-states-representative Anne Northup former-united-states-representative All Authors
