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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

President Biden does not care about the fate of 300,000-plus unaccompanied children that have been placed with sponsors in the United States since he became President.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

His administration can't tell you where these children are.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

We're talking about 13-, 14-, 15-year-old kids forced to work in meatpacking plants and food manufacturing facilities.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

We mentioned in the letter that the first major indication of a problem with regard to what's happening to these children appeared in a Bloomberg story in 2021.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

the results that are the strongest pull factor.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

I wonder, you know, why would we expect any different outcome when the people who are mainly in charge of immigration policy in this country are the transnational criminal organizations that get rich smuggling people from their home…

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

Do you consider the status quo compassionate or humane?

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

And the cartels know if you flood the border with children, with asylum seekers, and others, that Border Patrol will be overwhelmed.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

The UAC, unaccompanied alien children crisis, is a symptom of a larger problem.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

Worse, The New York Times illustrated that senior Biden administration officials, like Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, knew--knew about the continued--about this and continued to move children out of Health and Human…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 2023

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. This really is about saving lives. Eight children a day die from gun violence. In addition, 40,000 Americans die from gun violence throughout the year. I thank Congressman Thompson of California for…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
@sheilajacksonlee· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 2023

I thank the distinguished ranking member and certainly the distinguished Member who is managing, my friend from Texas. Let me be very clear. I support a stabilizing brace for disabled Americans and veterans. Could anybody stand here and…

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Roger Williams
@rogerwilliams· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

I don't like well-run Texas banks--I want to go on record with this--bailing out badly-run California banks.

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Roger Williams
@rogerwilliams· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

This out-of-touch rule will only build on these issues.

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Roger Williams
@rogerwilliams· Republican · TX· Jun 13, 2023

We don't feel too protected. And ever since you joined the CFPB, your agency continues to add burdensome requirements.

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