Although Senate Bill 1556 has received attention for its perceived focus, my job is to look at the actual substance of the legislation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As I've learned in my time in the state legislature, important legislation is always a work in progress.
There are bills being discussed to raise the amount that Members of Congress pay in to their benefits and I support these pieces of legislation.
Good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion.
I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.
Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable.
In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well.
I'm focused, as you can tell, on 2014 and on doing my job as a senator.
I'm not going to speculate about legislation that I haven't seen before.
Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior.
My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do.