"Instead of supporting students and the educators who match and nurture them, some in Congress are looking for scapegoats and distractions."
"Republicans seem, as Mr. Timmons just did, to acknowledge that immigration can benefit our economy."
"Most Americans agree with this, by the way, that lawful immigration is a boon to our country and to our economy."
"If we do not have another 30 million workers available by 2034, then the Social Security Administration expects us to have, then we are facing a situation where taxes are going to have to go up a lot."
"If we just focus on Social Security, we are talking about in the next few decades, trillions of dollars of shortfalls that could effectively decimate Social Security."
"Of the people who apply, who use the system, and they follow the rules, which I think Americans think we should, they apply for a green card, what percentage of them get it? That is 3 percent."
"immigration is a huge benefit to our economy from which we all benefit"
"we have a broken immigration system"
"Healthcare access is a right, not a privilege."
"Thank you, Chairman Rouzer and Ranking Member Napolitano, for holding this hearing so that Members can share our water infrastructure priorities for this year's Water Resources Development Act."
"I respectfully request that this committee include the projects I have spoken for in support of today in its reauthorization."
"I strongly urge this committee to give them full and fair consideration."