Summer Lee

The purpose of this hearing appears, again, to criticize President Obama's administration that they failed to enforce the law in the interior and at the border.

I have always held the proposition that, in the Judiciary Committee, we are tied to the facts.

Do you think it is important to fully fund Homeland Security and fund it for an entire year? Would you say 'yes' or 'no'?

The unfortunate case of Mr. Zimmerman and Treyvon Martin and the demonizing of a beautiful young lady...

Being a lawyer and a champion of the First Amendment, which is what the intentions are here...

I would offer to say that I think the issues have been raised here legitimately, Judge Robinson, that give merit to concerns and comments that you have made...

This is the most do nothingness Congress in the history of mankind, and we are doing nothing today other than what we have always done in this Congress under Republican leadership.

I really think we can work through this, and I would only say to the gentleman, an Executive order--is limited by the President's tenure.

It is important for the record for many who are not members of this panel to understand that when a particular party is in the majority, it gives them the right to have the dominant opinion on the panel.

I thank in this instance the Chairman and Ranking Member for an important discussion that is the responsibility of the United States Congress.

I doubt that that is the case, but he was in the Office of Legal Counsel, and I imagine he had to read the Constitution, but we will disagree but not be disagreeable.

There are now 135 law professors and others of prominent law schools from Harvard to Columbia to Washington University who completely disagree with the remaining two members of the panel.

Executive orders are narrowly drawn. The Executive order the President issued is clear on its face.

You are make a mountain out of a mole hill, and you are wrong.

I, frankly, believe that we can clarify the President's comments, and he was, in fact, extremely consistent.

The Executive Actions taken by the President will strengthen border security by adding 20,000 more Border Patrol Agents; crack down on companies who hire undocumented workers; create an earned path to citizenship for undocumented…

I just want to say that, in an article in our local newspaper, a mother... was celebrating... the opportunity for her nanny to become in some way statused to stay in this country.

In my interpretation, the President's remarks over the years has been his lack of authority to confer immigration status or citizenship.

The Executive Action prioritizes the deporting of felons, not families, and requires certain undocumented immigrants to pass a criminal background check and pay their fair share of taxes as they register to temporarily stay in the United…

You should really think about the message that sends about Congress' commitment to homeland security.

I would argue vigorously that that is inappropriate and certainly a contributor to low morale.

We in this country have access to something less than 5 percent of published works in accessible formats.

I want to specifically speak about the visually impaired and just give me, in this moment that I have, what can be the most important message that we get out of this hearing today as it relates to the visually impaired.

What you are telling us is that you already have a global access that you utilize, that your professors can draw down on, based upon the responsibility of the university, period, and then your professors are covered as they draw down on…

Although we are in the waning hours of this Congress, I think this is a very important hearing and probably one that maybe requires some further study as to how we can respond.