"Just as we could predict that Karl Rove and the Koch brothers are in favor of fewer rules."
"I think all would agree that retrospective review is a good idea."
"Americans are overwhelming in support of a path to citizenship."
"This is about a moral dilemma that we face in this country."
"Are we going to continue to sacrifice the liberty of immigrants?"
"I believe that our whole detention--immigration, detention setup is just a way for private industry to make money."
"About 50 percent of all detainees are held in private detention centers."
"If you want to cut the budget, you want to cut food stamps. But yet, last year alone, we appropriated nearly $18 billion to immigration enforcement agencies."
"This hearing is pure political theater. It is a farce plain and simple."
"Through executive actions, President Obama has already worked with the Patent Office to improve the quality of patents by tightening functional claiming."
"Now, there's no doubt that there is abusive behavior occurring in patent litigation and it's causing harm to large and small businesses alike."