Mindful of those doubts, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and therefore the man with his hand on the steering wheel for the issue in the House, declared last week that he will pursue an incremental, go-slow approach.

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Finally, thank you to the White House Hispanic Summit steering committee for your hard work to engage thousands of Latino leaders across the country this year.

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Representative GEORGE MILLER (Democrat, California): Well, I've been the chair of the Democratic Policy Committee which, you know, worked with the members of the caucus and the steering and policy committee and others in the Democratic House, to work on this agenda for a new direction.

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