“This important legislation addresses two harsh realities: an intolerably high percentage of the farm workers who plant and harvest our produce are undocumented - and they are the most poorly paid and poorly treated workers in the United States.”
“There's a natural interest in international affairs, perhaps even greater than other parts of the country. California's economy, its international dimension, plays a huge factor as well as the part that so many Californians come from other countries.”
“This bill does exactly what the administration said it wanted ... It sanctions companies, not countries, that sell weapons technologies. Buying time, to me, is a very important asset.”
“Whatever you think of redistricting, whatever you think of politicians, I don't know how an objective person wouldn't come to the conclusion that when you have two sides of a proposition, both sides should be governed by the same rules.”
“Any other ruling would have been manifestly unfair, ... Whatever you think of redistricting, whatever you think of politicians, I don't know how an objective person wouldn't come to the conclusion that when you have two sides of a proposition, both sides should be governed by the same rules.”