You have two strong allies in Senator Harkin and myself, Dr. Zerhouni, and you have the potential to have 533 more if there's sufficient political pressure brought to bear on Washington, DC.

We, regrettably, cannot use Federal funding on stem cell research, except for a few lines, which were available back on August 9, 2001.

Now we have finally found something we agree upon. That is as ridiculous as it sounds.

We are right in the middle of our new immigration bill, which is a very high priority for the President.

Well, it looks to me as if the rejection of that petition may have been decided by someone at a lesser level than the Secretary.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Director, I was struck by some of the information in your testimony, as well as the prepared testimony, with regard to risk-sharing.

I would suggest and suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider, that the decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

I would suggest, and suggest respectfully, to the president that he is not the sole decider, that the decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

He didn't make a mistake like this president did, and like Rick Santorum did, by failing to ask the tough questions about Iraq.

I don't believe that a shift in tactics ought to wait until after the election. There are too many casualties there.

They really do need to be made to feel the consequences of this last action, if we are going to have any chance of turning this situation around.

And we need to deliver first on border security.

The Senate bill, in my opinion, unfortunately, does not meet the test.

I do not often quote Senator Kennedy, but I told him I was going to do this.

comprehensive immigration reform is absolutely what needs to be done.

Have you considered and studied the Canadian plan, the point system that Canada has?

We need to also talk about the future of our immigration policy.

It is my hope that after we complete those hearings that in September we will move ahead to a conference and produce legislation.