We're very hopeful that the court will uphold this act of Congress and agree that there is some flexibility and some room for common sense in our criminal justice system,

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

If Congress fails to act, we will deliver our message in the ballot boxes come November. We will continue to march and speak out until the President signs a comprehensive immigration bill into law that works for all working people in this country.

I believe that Congress will and must act before then to renew its objections to multiple and discriminatory taxes on the Internet, as well as to taxes that inhibit Internet access,

Our prayer is that it will not only be a presidential humanitarian act, but that Congress itself would abolish capital punishment by legislative act.

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