"The American people overwhelmingly support the creation of a functioning immigration system that reflects our American values of fairness."
"I was pleased to see balanced reforms relating to permanent and temporary visa programs, family-based and employment-based immigration."
"We are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants."
"What we need is better, smarter, and more effective border enforcement, combined with broad, broader immigration law reforms."
"I think we want to make sure that what we are doing is being smart, we are being transparent."
"We have seen the ways in which inflexibility in lawmaking can lead to perverse incentives and unwanted or hazardous results."
"My vote on any trade deal will now hinge on enforcement, because I find that a trade deal is a hollow agreement if our trading partner doesn't or won't play by the rules."
"I think we have to, as I just said, descend on those folks that are giving a bad rap to an essential program that people paid for."
"Now, Dr. Weaver and Mr. Williams, my biggest concern is that we keep cutting the budget of the Social Security Administration at a time that we are talking about investing more to keep people at work ..."
"I think, bipartisanly, when we find these bad apples... we want to slice and dice those bad apples so that they are ground to a pulp."
"If we know someone who is abusing of the system and playing golf, we are Members of Congress, we are sworn to uphold the laws of the land. Why aren't we reporting those folks ourselves?"