Chuck Schumer

The U.S.-Mexico border is exponentially more secure today than it was in 2005 when we began discussing comprehensive immigration reform.

The measures we have taken since 2005 to secure the border have been successful in significantly lowering the number of illegal immigrants seeking to unlawfully cross the border, including a 27-percent reduction this year.

The American people will not accept a pragmatic solution until we regain their confidence.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

The Federal Government's credibility is on the line.

It is now time for balanced, fair, and tough immigration reform.

It is time to end the divisive and unhelpful rhetoric which claims that nothing has been done to secure the border.

The vast majority of Americans are pro-legal immigration and anti-illegal immigration.

I am convinced we owe the American people our very best effort to try and fix what we all acknowledge is a broken immigration system.

I became cautiously optimistic that we can pass strong, fair, practical, and effective immigration reform this year.

A strong America leads to a stronger world.

We need to restore demand in this country.

Credit for the manufacturing sector is oxygen to our economy.

DoD Directive 1344.13, requires each Service to implement voter registration assistance at each recruiting office.

We hope to get something done in a bipartisan way on this issue because this is truly a bipartisan problem.

We need to actively evaluate these problems so we can work in a bipartisan way to find solutions to the problems.

I could not be more pleased to have a second opportunity to honor your hard work and service to the law.

These were not liberal or New York or Puerto Rican or Latino values. They are American values.

I believe Judge Sotomayor's record of judicial integrity, impartiality and, as she puts it, fidelity to the law, is one we can all admire regardless of party or ideology.

This proud woman from the Bronx is perhaps the best and the brightest we have.

We were surrounded by people making do on little. Sometimes there was desperation and despair.

Sonia represents the best of American culture. She comes directly from the strand of our national character that says, 'You can be anything you want.'

Make no mistake. The stakes are high for Hispanic-Americans.

When I walk into the Capitol to work every day, I often stop and think how fortunate I am as a kid from a Bronx project to make it here.

It is our overwhelming belief that Judge Sotomayor meets these criteria.