It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers.

Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are.

I have only one loyalty and that's to the immigrant community.

Because the truth is, today's immigrants, as they have for generation after generation, work the longest hours at the hardest jobs for the lowest pay, jobs that are just about impossible to fill.

The Congress talks and talks and talks and talks, but doesn't act. I'm going to continue to work with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to bring about comprehensive immigration reform.

The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.

So given that reality, let us not cast that all of the problems and ills of our society are somehow upon the immigrants who have come to this country.

The next step has to be the necessary step. It's always to put the immigrant community and the civil rights movement ahead of partisan politics.

It is so difficult to, day in and day out, hear these incredibly painful stories of the destructive nature of our broken immigration system.

Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.

Nothing happens here in this building, in the House of Representatives, if there's no demand from outside the Capitol.

If you 'don't do politics', trust me - politics will do you.

People will try to frustrate you in life. But you have to decide to stay determined.

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

Giant agencies are wobbling like drunkards... the rest of you should be sharpening your knives.

I thought when I started meditation that I was going to get real calm and peaceful and it's going to be over. It's not that way; it's so energetic. That's where all the energy and creativity is.

The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job.

As the Indian government has embraced greater economic openness, the creativity and expertise of the Indian workforce has been unleashed onto the world economic stage.

I used to vote Democrat.

We are a nation of 20 million bathrooms, with a humanist in every tub.

Every meal should end with something sweet.