"We should not ignore the pain of these parents. We can do both."
"Instead of considering politics, policies to improve security along the border or prevent drug trafficking and treat fentanyl addiction, we are willing--are sitting here today at a futile impeachment ..."
"We need more resources and we need more skilled personnel."
"What is worse is that the Republicans on this committee are not leveling with Americans about the actions that they have taken or not taken to secure the border and combat drug trafficking."
"So if we are not talking about the Constitution, what are we talking about? Well, we are wasting our breath..."
"It is a political stunt. It is an attempt to distract from a do-nothing Congress..."
"No one should ever have to experience the loss of a child."
"It is up to Congress to provide funding to interdict fentanyl, fix our broken immigration system, and provide help for those suffering from opioid addiction."
"We must break the cycle of drug addiction and end the needless loss of life from fentanyl and fentanyl-related overdoses."
"My Republican colleagues would rather deprive DHS of the reasonableness and resources it needs."
"The fact is impeachment is a waste of precious time that could be used to legislate on these urgent issues, if only Republicans were willing to do so."
"Let's drop this baseless impeachment and get back to doing the real work of securing the homeland and helping people across this great country."
"This impeachment proceeding is not going where we want it to go."
"Impeaching him, is that the answer to saving our children?"
"We really need to stay the course in prioritizing family for young people and particularly connecting them to their relatives."
"We are a debtor Nation, $34 trillion in the hole, and the liberal fallacy and fantasy that somehow this is a net financial positive for this country is just that, it is patently absurd."
"Due process does not mean anything if the final decision of the court is not executed."
"Catch and release is rampant. Right now, Secretary Mayorkas already said 85 percent of everybody coming to the border is being released into the country."
