Tom McClintock: “I have to admit that I joined this hearing largely out of curiosity over how the leftist Majority can turn anything…”

In this country, we don't have Americans--or old Americans or new Americans; we just have my fellow Americans.

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

You have sat here too long for any good you have been doing. It is not fit that you should sit here any longer. You shall now give way to better men.

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.