dr. edwards and then have a response from reverend staver. i'm particularly disturbed by your testimony, dr. edwards, where you state that harvard economist george berhas has attributed immigration with directly reducing the yearly average native born men's wages by 40%, and i'm d distushed because you only tell part of the story. citing the statistic alone is misleading because you failed to mention that while immigration reduces the wages of native workers by 3.4% over the short run, he finds that immigration has no effect on such wages over the long run. in fact, it's a 0% effect on such wages. and you also fail to mention that the majority of economists who write on this issue, such as david carr, giovanni perry, rachel freeburg, jennifer hunt, gerald james, differ from boarhaus and conclude that immigration has actually had a positive effect on the wages of most if not all americans, and this is because, for one, immigran buy things and increase demand on products and services, secondly, immigrants tend to work in industries that, like a

dr. edwards.proceeding with questions i'd like to enter for the record the -- we didn't have rupe for everybody who would like to testify. that will be added to the record. our chairman mr. conyers has arrived and i don't know if he had an opening remark he would like to make. >> if i could just briefly, madam chairman and ranking member king, this hearing is a landmark and i'm so pleased that the bishop is here, that the president of the southern baptist convention is here, that the dean of liberty university law school is present with us, and, of course, dr. james edwards. we welcome you all, and i just mentioned to the chair person here and i haven't talked to steve king about it yet, but i just want to put on the record that we might light to meet with you after the hearing itself to talk unhow we can expand our discussion beyond the formalities of the committee hearings. and i'm so pleased and honored that you'd be with us here and the judiciary committee. and if i could, madam chair, i'd lik

dr. edward chou. -- chow.applause] he has been in private practice for over 40 years, since he was 5 years old, and he has been addressing health disparities in both the national and local level for over 25 years since he was 5 years old. he has worked with the chinese hospital and the chinese community health care association to create the nation's first and only bilingual and culturally competent health class. he also spearheaded the creation of the chinese community health resource center, which today serves over 30,000 san franciscans. he currently serves on the san francisco health commission, which he has served for over 20 years, where he has been a staunch advocate of our community, requiring culturally competent programs, rebuilding lebanon hospital, san francisco general hospital, and encouraging support for the hepatitis b three program. he was quoted in today's "new york times" for his advocacy to that program. one of the first individuals are asked to come to my office to greet me was none other t

dr. james edwards. we welcome you all, and i would just mentioned to the chair person here, and i have not talked to steve king about it yet, but i just want to put on the record that we might like to meet with you after the hearing itself to talk about how we can expand our discussion be on the formalities of a committee hearing -- beyond the formalities of a committee hearing. i am so pleased and honored that you would be here with the senate judiciary committee. if i could, i would like to yield the balance of any time to our distinguished colleague from illinois, who has been deeply immersed in the subject. >> without objection. also, the chair of the immigration task force to the hispanic caucus will take the remainder of the time. >> the me just say that i think mr. conyers suggestion is well needed. i would suggest that we meet with the speaker of the house to say to the men and women of faith that i think you can save us from ourselves and from our own political figures. this is a moral issue, a

dr. edwards and then have a response from reverend staver. i'm particularly disturbed by your testimony, dr. edwards, where you state that harvard economist george berhas has attributed immigration with directly reducing the yearly average native born men's wages by 40%, and i'm d distushed because you only tell part of the story. citing the statistic alone is misleading because you failed to mention that while immigration reduces the wages of native workers by 3.4% over the short run, he finds that immigration has no effect on such wages over the long run. in fact, it's a 0% effect on such wages. and you also fail to mention that the majority of economists who write on this issue, such as david carr, giovanni perry, rachel freeburg, jennifer hunt, gerald james, differ from boarhaus and conclude that immigration has actlly had a positive effect on the wages of most if not all americans, and this is because, for one, immigrts buy things and increase demand on products and services, secondly, immigrants tend to work in industries that, like agr

dr. edwards. before proceeding with questions i'd like to enter for the record the -- we didn't have rupe for everybody who would like to testify. that will be added to the record. our chairman mr. conyers has arrived and i don't know if he had an opening remark he would like to make. >> if i could just briefly, madam chairman and ranking member king, thishearing is a landmark and i'm so pleased that the bishop is here, that the president of the southern baptist convention is here, that the dean of liberty university law school is present with us, and, of course, dr. james edwards. we welcome you all, and i just mentioned to the chair person here and i haven't talked to steve king about it yet, but i just want to put on the record that we might light to meet with you after the hearing itself to talk unhowwe can expand our discussion beyond th formalities of the committee hearings. and i'm so pleasedand honored that you'd be with us here and the judiciary committee. and if i could, madam chair, i'd

edwards, reflections on the burdens and gifts of facing life adversities. the book is "resilience. "we'll be right back. (announcer) feeling back pain? dr.choll's back pain relief orthotics with shockguard technology give you immediate relief that lasts all day long. dr. scholl's. pain relief is a step away. it's laughs over a coastal soup and grilled shrimp salad. catching up over wood-grilled shrimp and chicken. and with lunches starting at just $6.99... it's an hour you wouldn't trade for anything. >> larry: we're back with elizabeth edwards. the book is "resilience." photos accompanying that "gq" article caused a lot of fuss. "people" magazine quoted a friend of yours saying you were disgusted by the pictures. is that a correct quote? >> i don't know if i actually used that word. somebody may have -- i did see the pictures. think it's really important when you're a mother to convey that that's the role you value and i think she just had probably too many ts to cross. she wanted to be viewed as sexy and everything else. at some point, you can be sexy, but that can't be your goal. >> larry: were you jealous? >> oh, no. no. i'm 60. i'll