Tom McClintock: “That was the fastest wage growth in 40 years, was it not?”

Here's some of the problems that we're facing. Every sheriff in the State of California in times past used to be able to ask immigration status of those who are arrested and coming through our jails. That no longer is in existence.

To me, that's the most fundamental definition of citizenship.

These are people who promised their constituents not to raise their taxes. And those five no votes just voted for the biggest tax increase in American history.

When we were at the Yuma border a year ago we talked to a group of rank and file Border Patrol agents and one thing I said is, look, we are the Congress. We cannot enforce the laws. We write laws so what laws do you need us to write?