What the invention is, you have to define the invention.

Many of the needed reforms mentioned here are embodied in Title VI of H.R. 264, legislation introduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing, and let me acknowledge each and every one of the witnesses as patriots and individuals who love this country, and we respect that.

My position is that we should have comprehensive immigration reform.

So showing up at a laundry with a raid and you have your uniform on, that would spill through the community and keep you from finding the MS-13 or anyone else that you might try to find.

Let me acknowledge--I think it is Sheriff Jenkins--just to thank him for his work.

This is an important issue and I wanted to take a moment to provide you and the committee with my perspective.

I don't think we have answered that. That is true, and we need to improve that.

In large cities with multiple multicultural communities, it is very difficult to extract information on violent crimes or human trafficking when there is this sense of intimidation.

I have repeatedly said on the Senate floor that the period from 9/11/2001 to the end of the Bush administration has seen the greatest expansion of executive power in the history of our country.

I think that is really the generalization, although I would not mind looking backward if there is a reason to do so.

There is a predicate if we have evidence of torture. Torture is a violation of our law. Go after them.

When this idea of the so-called truth commission first surfaced, I said it was unnecessary because you had a change in administration.

It is just staggering what our challenge is.

These are astronomical costs that our older citizens are not always aware of or able to pay for.

The percent of children in poverty increases to 21 percent in children below the age of five.

I would like to thank Chairman Kohl for calling this important hearing on Health Care Reform in an Aging America.

Long term care will be an important part of this debate.