Raúl Grijalva actually said...

"I had hoped that instead of revisiting this tired argument, we might hold a hearing on any one of several really important timely issues facing communities including the one I represent."

"A great, great wall on our Southern border may grab headlines, but this simplistic and knee-jerk proposal represents only the latest in a series of reckless, legally dubious, and economically unsound-..."

"Fences and walls are a harmful, knee-jerk reaction to a complex issue."

"it is unfortunate that Homeland Security could not have a representative here at this hearing."