"I thank each member of the panel for taking the time to be with us today and adding the expertise and experience that you brought with."
"It also spurs those of us who have had the privilege to be American citizens and to grow up here..."
"Together, we believe that in order to be successful in fixing America's broken immigration system, any viable remedy must do four things..."
"A guest worker program is not a luxury. It is a basic business necessity critical to their survival."
"I hope that message was communicated loud and clear today."
"This issue is about small businesses and the jobs they create which allow them to employ America workers."
"Our American workers, most of whom are managers or supervisors that work directly with or manage these H-2B work crews, are not employable if we do not have a trained and reliable source of labor."
"This is critical to our ability to plan annually how much new work we can take on."
"It is a bit surreal to be sitting here on a committee talking about student loan debts and trying to come to a solution when we are having a great deal of difficulty in dealing with $16.5 trillion deb..."
"I guess I am asking what are you doing to stop it?"
"I hesitate in a sense talking about a congressional budget cycle because I am not sure if one of the Houses understands there is a budget cycle."
"Education is a lifelong process. You will never learn everything so learn how to learn."