"President Obama again abused Executive power when earlier this year he announced that he would stop enforcing key provisions of the Immigration Nationality Act."
"Congress is free, the Federal Government is free to grant religious exceptions and doing so does not amount to an establishment clause violation."
"I was personally somewhat concerned when we got involved in military action in Libya without any prior consultation of Congress."
"whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, whether you are pro-immigration reform or anti-immigration reform, especially if you are a Member of Congress, ..."
"Making sure there is a religious exemption here would not in my opinion cause either of the two problems that have been suggested."
"To legislate is to make rules, rules carrying the force of generally applicable law."
"The fact that we have a higher incarceration rate in the United States generally does not necessarily mean that we are just tougher on people."
"Doesn't that create kind of a free-rider problem that we can expect to continue to result in the continued expansion of this kind of problem?"
"Historically, you know, these kinds of offenses that would have been prosecuted by States would have resulted in convictions within the State penal system."
"In order to change that, we are going to need a change in policy, probably a change in legislation."
"How does that end up impacting the Department of Justice's ability to do other things that it needs to do?"