Political Quotes

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Madam Speaker, let me first salute Chairwoman Nita Lowey, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, and all of the appropriators--also the ranking member--for their relentless good-faith work on a strong bill that protects vulnerable children, keeps America safe, and honors our values. Madam Speaker, when people ask me, what are the three most important issues facing the Congress? I always say the same thing: children, children, children. Today, we have the opportunity to help the children. We are ensuring that children have food, clothing, sanitary items, shelter, and medical care. We are providing access to legal assistance. And we are protecting families because families belong together. Right now, children need their families. Right now, little children are enduring trauma and terror. Many are living in squalor at Border Patrol stations. Some are sleeping on the cold ground without warm blankets or hot meals. Kids as young as 7 and 8 years old are watching over infants because there is no one else there to care for them. As one little girl caring for two infants said, I need comfort, too. I am bigger than they are, but I am a child, too. Today, we found out that the administration is sending children back to a station in Clint, Texas, from where, just days earlier, those children had been removed after enduring weeks without a shower or a change of clothes.…”