If Congress were able to act, there would be much less activity in the state legislatures.

The DREAM Act, fundamentally, is not even about immigration policy, it's about how we treat young people who grow up here. We want the DREAM Act to pass, but we don't want it to be used as a bargaining chip.

One of my first achievements in Congress was enactment of the Hudson River Habitat Restoration Act back in 1996.

The Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 was the subject of extraordinary care and consultation between the Congress and the president. For President Bush to simply throw that away and ... effectively declare Taiwan a treaty ally without consultation with Congress, without a lengthy speech to explain to the American people the reason for undertaking this solemn and grave commitment and without any real consultation with allies ... is deeply troubling.

I think the same regime ought to apply. It will take an act of Congress for this to happen.

There is broad consensus in Congress to reform the Endangered Species Act,