Three representatives of the UGA College Republicans Executive Board, Chairman Katie Flanigan, Executive Director Shay Frendt, and Public Relations Director Jeff Emanuel, met separately with Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson on Thursday, February 9 in Washington, D.C.
After posing for a photograph with the delegation, Senator Chambliss took the time to address a few questions and concerns posed by the group, including Iran, immigration reform, and Agriculture committee policy.
"There is nothing more important right now that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," said Senator Chambliss, adding that the panel he attended in Davos, Switzerland at the end of January discussed this matter extensively, and, while all participants were in favor of the progressive use of sanctions to dissuade Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Chambliss said that all involved--even far-left activist George Soros--agreed that a military solution could not and must not be ruled out. The panel also affirmed that any such military action must be led by the United States to have any chance of success. Recognizing the volatility of the area and the ruggedness of the terrain in that area of the middle east, Chambliss acknowledged the downside to a potential shooting war in Iran, and expressed his hope that sanctions would be sufficient.
Senator Chambliss spoke briefly on the immigration bill he has proposed, which would not deport illegal aliens but would require their employers to register them with the Department of Homeland Security, calling it a "common sense" act which would "register the illegal immigrants, allow them to be productive, documented workers in America for a specified period of time, and then require that they return to their country of origin." He cautioned anti-immigration activists against seeking total deportation and closed borders, citing the need for the labor which is already in our country to continue, so as to avoid a dramatic falloff in industries which rely heavily on immigrant workers for productivity.
Chambliss offered profuse thanks to the College Republicans for their "great work for the Republican party and the conservative movement," and encouraged them to continue their productive efforts and to "be as involved in campaigns on the local, state, and national levels as possible."
Senator Isakson also took time to speak with the UGA delegation, thanking the College Republicans for their work to devise and implement Republican policy on campus and in the community at large. He also talked about Iraq and Iran, expressing his hope and belief that both situations would be resolved sooner rather than later, and as peacefully as possible.
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