we are debating the immigration bill this week and next week
Thanks, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to all of you for being here.
Senator Murray has been terrific to work with, and I thank them for their work and for their draft.
Senator Isakson has taken the lead for Republicans. He has done a terrific job building on Senator Enzi's work over the ...
I just wish we could lock you in one room and get a consensus proposal and then force Congress to act on that.
It should be, in my opinion--and I am far from a member of the tea party--but it seems like the tea party should grasp t...
The main way that we can deal with this is through pardons, by the pardon power of the President, which he has not used.
It's a critical issue and one I hope we can find some common ground on.
The President can do it now. And there are so many other laws, unjust sentences that he could take care of by commuting ...
In our society, even a conviction for a minor, non-violent offense can effectively be a life sentence...
I hope we all share the goal of providing more robust treatment to those who are working to overcome prescription drugs.
I think that is one of the biggest problems this country has. And the problem is not marijuana; it is the enforcement of...
I don't think there is any disagreement on that point at all.
When you do these drawdowns, and not carefully, there are consequences to pay.
What purpose does this serve, to have that permanent force there?
H.R. 1493 threatens to undermine rulemaking by tilting this playing field in favor of anti-regulatory forces at taxpayer...
I wish that we were concentrating on antitrust and airlines and what they are doing to the American consumer and employe...
30 million to 40 million people are not going to have insurance with this new signature Obamacare