I Never Intended To Be A Run-of-the-mill

The Arts Are Not A Frill. The Arts Are A Response To Our Individuality And Our Nature, And Help To Shape Our Identity. What Is There That Can Transcend Deep Difference And Stubborn Divisions? The Arts. They Have A Wonderful Universality. Art Has The Potential To Unify. It Can Speak In Many Languages Without A Translator. The Arts Do Not Discriminate. The Arts Lift Us Up.

My Faith In The Constitution Is Whole, It Is Complete, It Is Total, And I Am Not Going To Sit Here And Be An Idle Spectator To The Diminuation, The Subversion, The Destruction Of The Constitution. It Is Reason And Not Passion Which Must Guide Our Deliberations, Guide Our Debate, And Guide Our Decision.

The Commission Endorses Prevention As The Principal Strategy To Use In Deterring Illegal Entries. We Applaud The Efforts Of Innovative Border Patrol Leaders Such As Silvestre Reyes With Operation Hold The Line In El Paso. Operation Hold The Line Demonstrated That A Strategic Use Of Personnel And Technology Can Combine At Our Land Border, As It Has For Many Years At Our Airports, To Reduce Unauthorized Crossings.

We Are A Heterogeneous Party Made Up Of Americans Of Diverse Backgrounds.

More Is Required Of Public Officials Than Slogans And Handshakes And Press Releases. More Is Required. We Must Hold Ourselves Strictly Accountable. We Must Provide The People With A Vision Of The Future.