"A rookie mistake."
"At a time when DHS is rightly warning about an elevated threat environment from terrorists and cartels, we should be focused on plugging security gaps rather than senselessly creating new ones."
"I believe there’s a lot of the information, as far as rank-and-file members, that when we receive it, it very quickly finds a way to leak its way out into the public."
"essentially turning them into 'jails,' which the Mississippi Democrat says would constitute a misuse of the facilities."
"If ICE has nothing to hide, DHS must make its facilities available."
"I’m not overly delighted."
"I don’t think it’s a good idea."
"This unlawful policy is a smokescreen to deny Member visits to ICE offices across the country, which are holding migrants – and sometimes even U.S. citizens – for days at a time."
"Whether it's the Capitol on January 6 or Los Angeles this weekend, it's clear Trump is totally fine with lighting the match to stoke violence if he thinks it'll help him politically."
"I have questions not only for the secretary and his team, and to an extent the National Security Council is involved in this, but also with stakeholders and experts around town as to the advisability ..."
"Suffice to say, disaster response is no joke."
"If Americans lose confidence in the safety and integrity of our food supply due to the unfound claims that mislead consumers, public health will be at risk."
"I would ask you if you could make sure that you could do everything to expedite that request."
"There’ll be some questions about that, and this issue, I expect, will be vetted by the time a decision needs to be made."
"This budget would decrease President Trump’s military options and his negotiating leverage."
"It is requesting a budget of $892.6 billion, which is a cut in real terms."
"President Trump successfully campaigned on a Peace Through Strength agenda, but his advisers at the Office of Management and Budget were apparently not listening."
"Only Congress can actively pursue a full-scale investigation to answer the questions raised by this scandal."
