You have a remarkable story, and I am glad to hear your testimony in favor of comprehensive immigration reform.

And he is going to have to stay that way.

The opposition to providing bilingual ballots to bilingual American citizens, who are vested with the right to vote, is a particularly troubling part of this debate.

I want to just take a moment to personally welcome Niall O'Dowd.

So if there are those who feel a greater sense of satisfaction that we are going to move toward the enforcement first, that effectively was in the Senate bill.

When he was asked about the performance of immigrants in the service, he mentioned the number of Bronze Stars that were won by immigrants today in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I think you have helped us understand the economic contributions that immigrants make to our country.

The undocumented that work there have contributed so much to the vitality and the economic strength of New York.

I was an early supporter of the concept of military commissions and their use in the war on terror. I believed then and I still believe now that they are historically grounded and the proper forum to prosecute alleged terrorists.

We brought down the national debt by about a half a trillion dollars. So please, let's not boast about a $300 billion deficit.

failure of leadership

People should not have to drive through the turnpike tunnels with their fingers crossed.

The corps should not be in the business of trying to second-guess cost. That's Congress's role. The corps should do what Congress directed them to do. Give us the best science, give us the plans, give us the designs for Category Five levee…

I still don't see a strategy for victory in Iraq.

But you've got to do something about these militia. And so far I see no -- no real strategy.

the president is always right.

This isn't a man. This is a low life coward that would kill this beautiful woman and these two beautiful children.

Well, it'd be very hard to get him in Cuba, but we have gotten someone information that he may have come back and forth into the United States.