"If there is a group that is in need of pastoral counseling, it is the U.S. Congress. I can attest to that."
"I actually believe related to the earlier question that it's also--combining that with a difficult but genuine and realistic path to citizenship is really the only way to determine who is in our count..."
"I know sometimes people get the impression that in Washington nothing gets done on a bipartisan basis. But that is just not true."
"I am absolutely committed to the cause of open Government and freedom of information."
"I think it was Ralph Waldo Emerson that said, 'To the person whose only tool is a hammer, that person tends to regard every problem as a nail.'"
"Your statement is an excellent statement."
"I agree with Senator Schumer, the E-Verify system is broken and we must act to fix it."
"the main reason why Congress has been unable to deal with this issue effectively... is because of the lack of confidence that the American people have that we're actually serious about, as Senator Sch..."
"I just can't imagine that this is an infeasible thing to do."
"I think you said that only 14 percent of new hires are run through E-Verify today."
"I was reminded before the hearing of a story that I read recently about a new project to identify 1.2 billion Indians."