opening statement

I think any time we comingle local law enforcement with immigration enforcement, we are in a very dangerous game.

Yet, we continue to see these myths swirling about almost every time there is an emergency.

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House. The form of the resolution is as follows: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that…

I think it is a mistake to use the tragedy on 9/11... with reason to deport nannies and farm workers in 2017.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The title of today's hearing, 'Restoring enforcement of our Nation's Immigration Laws,' implies that, up until recently, our immigration laws simply went unenforced.

I am more interested in the integrity of this Committee not dignifying a bunch of myths and falsehoods.

Could we institute this simple fact-checking protocol, so that we can make policy on the basis of reality and facts?

I would hope that he would recuse himself from those two facets of our oversight work, because I think it would enhance the public trust that we're doing our investigation creditably in a nonpartisan way insulated from any interference…

I think it makes sense for the chairman to recuse himself.

the ranking Democratic of the House Intelligence Committee is calling on the Republican Chairman Congressman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

Well, it's two things. First, it was the sort of dead of night meeting at the White House and then later returning to the White House with whatever information he got at the White House. But more than that, to the degree that what he is…

We can't conduct a credible investigation this way and the chairman really has to make a decision about whether that's his intention and that's what he wants to do or whether he is still acting as surrogate for the president.

It would be wise for the chairman to do the same thing, not just the Russian investigation, but if he is making claims about minimization of procedures of whether they were followed with respect to the transition team.

It's time for the chairman to step aside.

If we are going to look at whether proper minimization procedures were followed vis-a- vis the transition team, we can't have a member of that transition team I think doing the oversight.

The Chairman in what appears to be a dead of night excursion obtains or reviews some documents that he has not shared with his own committee.

Where did he receive this information? From our knowledge, no one on his staff and no other members were a part of this, so that meant it had to be outside of the Capitol. So did he go to another agency and does that mean that the White…