Rob Andrews: “I am very hopeful and optimistic we will have comprehensive immigration reform this year. Our country needs it.”

Provocation is not the goal of these questions; a sober analysis is.

I understand this is a conceptual proposal, but we don't legislate concepts; we legislate statutes and they have real impact on real people.

I think you are doing some of the most meaningful work in this Congress by your diligence here, and I am proud to be associated with it in a very minor way after the work you have done.

I believe that this rebalancing is the right priority for the country.