Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it.

In 2006 he cosponsored H. Citizens Against Government Waste considered him a "Taxpayer Hero". He served in the Arizona Air National Guard from 1969 to 1975 and was a lawyer before becoming a special counsel to the Arizona state House Republican caucus 1991–92.

Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district serving from 1995 until 2011. S.