What is it about the following paragraph (including the "quote" no human ever spoke aloud, its attribution to a name no human ever bore, and the sentence wrapped around it) that gives off the stench press-release-plagiarized bullshit?

“He is a principled conservative who from the very first was trying to push the powers that be in Washington to adhere to constitutional principles, especially the limitations on the federal government, and to enforce the rule of law, particularly in the immigration area,” said Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation and a former member of the Federal Election Commission who worked with Kobach at the Justice Department under President George W. Bush.