"We must also recognize that parents and relatives who flee persecution should not be treated as criminals merely for trying to keep their children alive."
"the legislation we're discussing today would begin to fill those gaps by laying out specific instances in which a judge or Justice must recuse themselves."
"it's clear that the current law governing recusal gives judges and Justices a lot of discretion when making recusal decisions."
"there have been numerous instances of judges abusing this discretion from district court and circuit court judges failing to recuse themselves from cases in which they have a financial interest."
"These conversations are all too timely, I think, as a lot of us in the field know the significance of a recent Supreme Court ruling that limited the scope of the Clean Water Act."
"I think that might even have been intentional."
"As members of this Committee we need to obviously consider the economic impacts of extreme weather events holistically."
"In the example I gave is when the floods right, that leads to lost crops, so therefore less of a need for the workforce to harvest."
"But sadly I think it's a little out of the expertise, or the attention of a lot of federal employees because of the programs, the agency that they work in."
"Voter fraud is exceedingly rare. This includes voter impersonation, mail-in ballots, and more."
"Farmworkers play a critical role in ensuring our domestic food supply is both secure and sustainable."
"They are paying taxes. Taxes into programs that they are not eligible to benefit from."