There say vote going on. This is the way i handle the meeting. Im going to call on senator durbin because he has another important meeting he has to go to and so i want him to make his statement. Then ill make my statement. And then ill introduce the first panel and then we wont do anything until mrs. Feinstein gets here. So proceed, senator durbin. Mr. Chairman, thank you for doing this, this is out of order and for those that are new, i appreciate the courtesy extended to me by my friend from iowa. I have a Ranking Member of the defense appropriations subcommittee, we have a closed door hearing in a few minutes. But i wanted to be here today because this is the committees first immigration hearing and i made a conscious choice. I did that for several reasons. First, i am the son of an immigrant. My mother came to this country at the age of 2. Im honored to be a first generation american. And if youll come to my capitol hill office, youll see proudly on my crew denzia my mothers natur