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will have the republican party, even the base, even though you've got some people in both bases expressing some degrees of angst, i don't think it's going to matter. these cross-over people in the independent ranks are going to be the differences in the election in virginia and i think in the country as well. >> so on the other side of the equation, if the president loses, if he is not re-elected, what are the reasons? >> two reasons, i think. and that is the lack of the real organization that needs to take place in terms of the values that people believe the democrats stood for, sta...

law practice with multitude of hispanic and mexican friends, investors, what have you. we worked together, we shared each otherness heritage and experience. the culture of our state reflects the rich history of the latino influence. but during the last two years, mr. chairman, we have unduly harmed our legal latino residents in this process. the solution of the problems coming into this country illegally. we have let rhetoric and political advantage cloud this sound judgment. mr. chairman, this hearing is partly about 1070 and mostly seeing that the supreme court will address it tomo...

comprehensive immigration reform. former senator pete domenici and i chaired the appropriations committee, and we constantly added earmarks, sorry to use that word here in this august body today, but we added money that was not in the budget, and often it was taken out for other reasons. the -- at that time the effort of congress and the public just wasn't there on this problem. when i left the senate, the number of border patrols had increased from approximately 4,000 to in '95, that's what it was, now it's well over 21,000, as the chairman points oust out, with over 5,000 on the ar...