These demonstrations may give the leadership in both houses one more reason to put aside partisan differences, do the right thing and pass comprehensive immigration reform.

I go on expeditions for the same reason an estate agent sells houses - to pay the bills.

This is nine parts politics, one part legitimate concerns about national security.

It is just assuming that if a company is from the Middle East it is de facto disqualified from investing in the United States, and I think that is a terrible message to send.

It's going to be a bumpy road, and the whole process could fall apart. And complicating matters is (the fact that) you have a president who doesn't have a whole lot of political capital right now.

CAFTA is going to become a reality; it's just going to happen a little bit more incrementally than originally planned.