04/06/2009
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"the idea that there are rights that might attach to someone who is here unlawfully to take jobs from Americans under difficult working conditions, as we are today, is antithetical to common sense."
"What are we going to do to defend our constitutional heritage? And what will this Congress be able to say to subsequent Congresses if we acquiesce in these kind of activities?"
"I think we are kidding ourselves if we suggest that we should not ask a nominee, someone who has been nominated to be the Attorney General of the United States, about problems existing within the U.S...."
"the failure to defend DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act."