"We have to do a better job encouraging our children to pursue STEM subjects."
"We seem to be making things harder."
"the economic growth potential that immigration offers... is, to me, so obviously additive to our economy, to me, that it seems almost a no-brainer."
"I have real hope for, I have called this hearing--we have called this hearing to examine what changes are needed in our laws to maintain our ability to attract the best and the brightest to the United..."
"if they want to change jobs. And this means that many highly skilled foreign workers are unable to leave their employer because they are fearful of losing their visa status."
"The challenge I feel--and I guess maybe we will start with Mr. Bussgang and then any that want to offer this--because the nature of a startup is it is tough to find the financing."
"We have been funding our economic competitors because of our broken immigration system."
"I think the group has really tried to balance making sure that we can rebut the arguments, I think fallacious arguments, that we are taking jobs away from Americans."
"The only place in the country where being a gang member is a good thing is right here in Washington, D.C."
"I commend the work that has been done and am hopeful, like I think so many of our colleagues, that we can show the rest of America, we can show these dreamers, but, frankly, we can show our economic c..."
"I, for one, believe that we need another tool in our tool box as we look at infrastructure"