Now, the frustration I have with the President's proposal is quite simply this: if we are to suggest that the 8 to 12 million that are here only arrived yesterday, and they are going to be willing to go home, because they have not married…

We think that this is the bill that ought to be introduced out of the Judiciary Committee this year.

The stick in this case has not worked. It will not work. It shoves them into the alleys and shoves them into the shadows, and then, they become victims of the system once again.

I, like many of us, have visited with those who have been there and some who are still there, and I, too, am struck with their energy and their intelligence, their dedication, and their recognition that what we're doing there is the right…

I believe that's why they're standing with us today in Iraq, in part.

I told the folks in Idaho, when we failed to eliminate the death tax, and we spread it over a 10-year period, I told the people in Idaho that they could not die for 10 years.

I hope we can create some diversity in that new program that will allow the marketplace opportunity to help us micromanage.

I trust you recognize the context in which I said that.

We need to figure this out. We are all going to die, and it should not have to be the most expensive episode in our lives.

I do not think we would get many votes on the floor of the Senate, so I doubt that I would offer it.

It is not a time for this country to panic.

What I think is important for this committee and for the record, Mr. Chairman, is that we at least affirm that and move forward based on what we know.