Schumer has been a Senator for 20 years.
Pelosi has been in Congress over 30 years.

The 'War on Drugs' commenced officially in June 1971.

The Immigration Reform Bill was signed in 1986.
It did little to address illegal immigration but was supposed to be the 'last amnesty' (Until 2012, there was virtually no movement in Congress to deal with the problem of the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States since the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, which granted amnesty to many of the 3.2 million illegal immigrants living in the United States).

The President is playing against the most scurrilous hypocrites.

In laying out his address the President is laying the groundwork for a State of Emergency. The Democrats will not give him the seed money requested and will cry the shutdown is holding us hostage while government workers don't get paid. Putting the Democrats into this position will give the President the better stance and will grant the better optic when the State of Emergency is effected; albeit the battle lines have been formed and the division is clear. Those who favor the Constitution, Rule of Law and sanity, vis a vis a fortified Southern Border have the upper hand and the so called 'moral high ground'.

The dates and lengths of times above go to show you how these crooked politicians work together to get nothing done.

I'm standing with the President and the Democrats can go cry me a river, a deep one.