29 Quotes by Frank Sharry

Obviously, there's tremendous pressure on lawmakers to fix the problem.

But even if we win today, it's only one step. Immigrants pay a lot in taxes and don't get a lot back.

I'm a little worried that the political momentum that we witnessed this week may dissipate somewhat.

It is fundamentally workable. We got a food fight instead of a bill, and I quite frankly think it's a real failure of leadership on the part of both parties.

I think the ads are soft-peddling an extremist agenda. And what they're trying to do is draw people in with a soft pitch. But if you take a look at what their real agenda is, it is hard. It is ugly.

I think he's trying to tell a restive populist base in his party that he gets it, ... It's a way to say, 'We understand that we need to get better control of our borders.'

That would mean President Bush would have to weigh in.

That's a very good sign for the tough votes on other issues.

Will it (the speech) change what's already scheduled to happen in Congress? Not one iota.