We need to put people on the bench that understand the Constitution is not a living and breathing document. It is to be interpreted as originally meant.

Let me start by saying that I do not enjoy nor relish the partisan role of attack dog. I never found any fun in that. I don't think it's constructive. I don't intend to become that here in the Senate.

I've seen how the left has used it to accuse opponents of their version of reform of being bigots and racists.

I do think that there has to be a legal solution, a legal solution on the part of the nation's legislative branch, an immigration proposal.

I'm not new to the political process; I was making a contribution as the speaker of the third largest and most diverse state in the country well before I even got into the Senate.

I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed.

Cubans who arrive and can prove that they are refugees who are truly fleeing political persecution will continue to qualify as refugees. The only thing that I've asked for is to do away with automatic benefits granted to someone, basically, Cubans who come from Cuba, if it cannot be verified that they are refugees fleeing political persecution, so they will be treated the same way as any other immigrant who arrives in the United States, which is that legal immigrants in the United States don't have the right to any federal benefits for five years.