This wasted time is causing irreparable damage to millions of students nationwide.

This is a travesty my friends, and there's a difference.

The most frustrating part of this situation is that the research demonstrates, and has demonstrated for months, that school age children are less likely to transmit the virus to others, including adults.

For these children school is so much more than a place to learn.

A number of Republicans said--Senator Rubio and myself and others have introduced legislation that would provide for paid maternity leave, but do so without imposing new costs on taxpayers or employers.

I would think that, as we think about the policies that we want to have with regards to childrearing, that we would give authority to the parents to make that decision as opposed to an administration to make it for them.

I think there is an urgent need to rethink our immigration system.

I mean, do you recognize this as an alarming crisis?

Do you have plans to do something dramatically different such that those numbers come down to an acceptable level?

I just can't express how strongly I support addressing the impacts of climate change.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to make a simple point in support of the women and men serving in uniform across America. We must reject the myopic narrative that the actions of a dishonorable very few should dominate how we view, appreciate…

Well, propose a new law. I mean, we have a crisis both for children.

I find that extraordinary and extremely damning.

We have challenges here we cannot solve that we have been working on for years.

I must admit that I have found this hearing to be stunning in that it seems, Mr. Secretary, that you are proud of the progress being made by the administration, that things are going well at the border.

I think it would be helpful to have that available to the--not only Congress but to the American people and the people of the world as to what our priorities are.

I mean, the President has put forward over $6 trillion dollars of legislation bills in his first 100 days.

At this stage, we are all here listening and, frankly, wondering why cannot we move as quickly as Russia and China.