We are going to have the food placed on our tables each and every day handpicked by foreign hands in foreign countries or picked by foreign hands in the United States of America?

I can't wait to hear from the Pope.

Instead of fixing a broken system, would we rather jail nuns and other good Samaritans who are simply coming to aid of their fellow human beings consistent with their faith?

First of all, I want the public to know that none of these bills will ever become the law of this country. None of them.

I traveled to your districts. I go in the back; I go to Chinese restaurant, I go to Greek restaurant, I go to Italian restaurant, and it just seems to be that there are people who speak Spanish cooking those meals.

This legislation isn't going anywhere; isn't going to be approved in the Senate, it may not even be approved in the House of Representatives.

I have been working on this Committee for almost 20 years fighting for comprehensive immigration reform...

My colleagues in the Republican Party, you will never--you had a good run. Abraham Lincoln, George Bush, nice run. You will never elect another republican president of the United States of America because the immigrant community won't…

Let us begin the second session by bringing up H.R. 15.

I would like to see--I don't think you just show up at the border, get a credible fear and that somebody gives you Blue Cross Blue Shield and a Pell grant.

We have got to design a system that doesn't cause their ultimate death because we are the beacon of hope.

So I would like to know the number.

Families, businesses, and communities all around this country are counting on us to do a lot more in 2014 than just hold another 14 hearings.

I want this program, and I know you want--you have dedicated your public lives to this program. I want it to work.

I just want to talk a little bit about the asylum process, and first, I want to say that we are talking about credible fear and the President not enforcing the law and dangerous members of the drug cartels roaming our streets.

Shouldn't be taking 1, 2, 3 years after.

We are not going to let people go hungry.

My President got elected, the guy I voted for got 5 million more votes than the guy you voted for.

But before--well, you know what, we are really going to need to have some, Mr. Chairman, some----

We have seen no bill providing a way for the 11 million people living in our communities... to get right with the law and earn citizenship.

the United States is still the international beacon of freedom for those facing oppression around the world.

I would rather be in the general category than in a category of people that really get shipped back rather quickly and get denied.

I think also, though, I want to just emphasize what Congresswoman Lofgren said. You know, people are coming here.

I want to step outside of my Democratic Party because I know there are men and women on your side of the aisle that want to step outside of their Republican Party and join an American party on the issue of immigration because I know there…

Well, once again we are not legislating in this Committee. We could be using this time to find common ground...