I am not for a national ID card. But the longer this goes on, if there is a major terrorist attack because REAL ID has not been implemented for whatever reason, there will be a huge push here for a national ID card.

Are you going to drop the boom on the states that refuse to comply or can't comply as of January 15th, 2013?

Without objection.

This is a clear abuse of discretion.

The whole business of the sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum of sentences has been extremely frustrating to Members of the Committee on both sides of the aisle.

It is our job to look at how these laws operate and make changes as we see necessary.

A criminal committing a Federal crime should receive similar punishment regardless of whether the crime was committed in Richmond, Virginia, or Richmond, California.

I would say they destroyed the guidelines.

the President has, in effect, suspended operation of those laws with regard to a very large identifiable class of offenders.

this Administration has basically stated that, henceforth, deportation efforts would be focused solely on aliens with nonimmigration-related criminal records.

It is Congress' job to create immigration policy and it is the President's job to enforce it.