I think it's an important start, but, again, if there is unanimity amongst the conservatives on this panel... I do believe that candidates would do well to sign the Contract From America.

Clearly that the extreme overreach is the Obama administration spending exponentially higher than any Republican ever dreamed.

I don't believe that Erick's criticisms are without merit. Obviously, more can be done.

I'm J.D. Hayworth and I'm running for U.S. Senate to take on the most pressing challenges facing Arizona, America, and indeed, the entire human race.

We simply say, thank you for your service, John McCain, but three decades in Washington is long enough.

This is a contest between a conservative who is consistent and a moderate who calls himself a maverick.

Because they represent the awakened Americans. They're tired of just sitting in the living room shouting at the television set.

I would supplement that with a report last fall from the sheriff of Cochise County who told me of apprehending a number of Chinese illegals coming across.

What has been shortchanged in this deficient political calculation is the border security--indeed, the national security--that our country so desperately needs.

In your absence, at the end of the testimony, Senator Sessions got the accurate figures.

Only 200 miles of double-layered fencing.

The irony here is that building a real border fence, with real protections, could create real jobs and would be a stimulus project.

the Federal Government's inability to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws has been a bipartisan failure.

What is happening is there is a change and a redefinition, and you are no stranger to the legislative process.

The crucial problem is first securing the border.

the term 'comprehensive' suggests complete or all-encompassing reform, the American people see it for what it is: amnesty for those who have entered our country illegally.

If people are not obeying existing law because the Government is not adequately enforcing existing law, what makes us think that any new laws will make a difference?

their constituents made it clear that they wanted no part of it.

What has been counted by the Department of Homeland Security is not entire double-layered fencing.

The longer and the more flagrantly you have broken our immigration laws, the easier it will be to get on this so-called path to citizenship.

Successive administrations have failed to enforce the law. And now it is coming back at us with a vengeance in a post-9/11 world.

The first question we should ask is how do we protect America and what do we do to make sure that American citizens are secured in their future.

I think it is possible, in fact, to have a border fenced to have a security system.

The Federally Impacted School Improvement Act begins to address this desperate situation by authorizing $50 million to be spent on repair, renovation, and construction in our federally impacted school districts.

This problem is not isolated to my district. Almost every federally impacted school district faces similar problems.