I do think that we need more of a balance between merit-based and familial-based immigration. Mike Coffman More Quotes by Mike Coffman More Quotes From Mike Coffman It's different when you talk about immigration in the abstract... It's very different when you sit in front of a family, and [undocumented] children who grew up in this country, and who go to the same school you once went to... They thought if we only enforce the law, people will self-deport... It's not going to happen. The solution is not the status quo, or deportation when you're talking about breaking up families. Mike Coffman country children school The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to change. That is our only hope. Sending a contingent of U.S. military personnel, no matter how small, will be counterproductive to that goal. Our presence will send the wrong message to the Malaki government that we will support them despite what they have done and continue to do to destroy the country by alienating the minority populations of Iraq. Mike Coffman government military country With this President, this midterm is going to be rough for Republicans. It's those members of Congress that have established a brand in their district, that is independent of quite frankly, of the party in Washington, DC, that are going to survive this, they don't see me as a Republican, or they don't see me in a partisan way. They just see me as their congressman. Mike Coffman top-news This is a human rights mess. It is on the President to clean it up and fire the people responsible for making it. Mike Coffman top-news This isn't who we are, my colleagues should mark their words and this moment -- history won't remember well those who support the continuation of this policy. Mike Coffman top-news If in fact this were left to the Congress, we couldn't go on. Mike Coffman top-news I get it on the issues, but that doesn't mean he has to create such chaos in the White House and such confusion in the minds of the American people. Mike Coffman top-news I disagree with the derivation of some of the numbers. I don't think they accurately predicted human behavior. Mike Coffman politics It's a change, i think certainly for the Freedom Caucus people, it moves them closer, but for somebody like me, it doesn't. Mike Coffman top-news I don't see how that would work. Mike Coffman top-news People ask me, ‘What do you think about Trump?’ Honestly, I don’t care for him much. And I certainly don’t trust Hillary. Mike Coffman top-news Young men who don't register for the selective service are still penalized by the U.S. government, we need to get rid of this mean-spirited and outdated system and trust that if the need should arise, Americans -- both male and female -- will answer the call to defend our nation. Mike Coffman politics What I saw then was an army that was broken from Vietnam, full of low morale and discipline problems. Mike Coffman politics Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be. Mike Coffman been always higher should I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I do know this: that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American. Mike Coffman know born heart america I am a Marine Corps veteran, but more importantly - or as important maybe - I'm the chairman of the Oversight Investigation Subcommittee and the House Veterans Affair Committee. Mike Coffman i-am more important house You have a losing team, you change the coach. Mike Coffman you team change losing What is interesting in Washington, D.C., is I've never missed a vote. The veterans' committee keeps track of hearings, and I've never missed a hearing or a vote on the VA committee. Mike Coffman veterans never vote interesting On Sundays, I usually go to church with my mother. Mike Coffman sundays go church mother I love the diversity of my district, and it does drive a fair amount of my work. Mike Coffman drive diversity work love
