I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.

Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.

This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that employer sanctions will work or that amnesty will work. We are headed into uncharted waters.

People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.

I'm strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.

Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.

I am deeply skeptical of trade deals in general.But the only way they can get a number of Democrats is by doing a strong real currency bill that goes after the worst of the trading partners, the one that`s stealing our high-end jobs.