"The American dream is in large part inextricably intertwined with our economic competitiveness."
"It is vital that we keep those jobs here so our fellow citizens can experience the most basic of all family values, which is a job."
"Nearly half of America's top up and coming venture capital backed companies were started by immigrants."
"I really don't understand not respecting this Committee enough to send someone."
"I'm asked from time to time, which is tough for a lawyer to understand the science, and so can you help me understand how we got to this crisis and what an acceptable remedy would be for it?"
"GAO Responses to Questions for the Record"
"this administration has a problem of making end around Congress when they do not agree with what Congress does"
"this is a constitutional issue. And we will continue to stand up for the Constitution."
"Do you agree with me that the Constitution means the same thing whether there is a Republican in the White House or whether there is a Democrat in the White House?"
"What we cannot become is a Nation where the law is enforced selectively or not at all."
"We believe in the even application of the law because law provides order, structure, predictability, and security."
"The President from time to time... says that he wants a country where everyone plays by the same rules."