I appreciate the opportunity to participate in the hearing the Committee is holding to set the record straight on congressional avenues for addressing presidential misconduct.

the President has said he will resist all congressional subpoenas

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me start off by being very clear on this issue: Our military forces aim for zero civilian casualties--zero--and one civilian casualty during a military operation is one too many…

Mr. Chair, in closing, again, I think it is important to note that as a matter of practice on the ground, we want zero civilian casualties, not only for law of war and ethical reasons but because our troops are often there to work…

Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 31 Offered by Mr. Engel The Acting…

Mr. Homan, your name is on this. Is this correct?

We had no other choice, and very quickly thereafter, we learned that children were being moved out of the facility in the hundreds and that CBP was releasing thousands of children.

We cannot allow for this.

And so I looked at this memo, and it seems like this is the source of it, and it seems as though, Mr. Homan, that you are the author.

So we, as members of the United Nations, signed on into an international human rights agreement, saying very clearly that family separation is a violation of international human rights, and then we pursued a policy that violates human…

When we were at these facilities, one of the things that I had noticed was that there were these tents in the back with--I mean, they looked like cages, and I know that a lot of the migrants, they call the cold rooms 'hieleras,' and they…

Madam Chair, this amendment prohibits the executive branch from deploying troops on the southern border if the purpose of this deployment is to enforce immigration law. According to the Congressional Research Service, the armed services do…

There is no need for us to arrest innocent people and treat them no differently than criminals.

We need policy change.

Madam Chair, I present an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle E of title 10 the following: SEC. __. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS…

Madam Chair, this amendment prohibits the executive branch from using the authorized funds to detain undocumented immigrants in Department of Defense facilities. One of the central aspects of the crisis at our border is that the…

Madam Chair, I think it is important that we clarify that in order to have a humane immigration system, we do not require militarization or cruelty to children. Asking that children not be caged and asking that human beings' rights--human…

Madam Chair, the deployment of troops on our border is a relatively new phenomenon. It is one that is unprecedented, and it represents an unnecessary militarization toward what should be seen as a humanitarian crisis. Madam Chair, I yield…