the idea that winning an election gives the winner the power to impose his will without any institutional limits is as d...
I have known Dr. Aaron for many, many years, and I want the leadership of this committee to know that I have considered ...
democracy is nothing without checks on government power.
I must say, I really admired, one, your integrity in working with me. You were a straight shooter, and what you said you...
And today is not the day, but we really need to work together on this issue of the unaccompanied children coming across ...
Thank you for holding this hearing. I wanted to come for several reasons.
this is a humanitarian crisis, and we have to go to the edge of our chairs to at least get the estimate for fiscal year ...
We have gone from 6,500 to 60,000.
This is the Congress that did it.
It saddens me to acknowledge that this will be the last LHHS appropriations bill authored by Senator Harkin.
We don't want to warehouse them. We try to put them in foster care.
We were able to make important reforms that improved the quality of care children receive.
I am getting lost here. Do you have the money or don't you? I mean, is this enough or not?
Tell me what you need, and don't stick us with the bill at the end.
We have children pouring over the border from Central America.
I am really frustrated about this.
I have run out of time, but we have to resolve this, gentlemen. We have to find a way to get this done, because, as I sa...
Nobody should have to go through that, period, woman or man; and I am so sorry that that happened.