I happen to believe that this would help the problem by realigning incentives for generics to come to market sooner.

Does it take two Members of Congress to be there to witness somebody presenting themselves for asylum at the port of entry? That is not what the law says.

either you are lying to this committee or you don't know what is happening at the border.

it is totally unacceptable.

You said that you waited to give direction on how to implement the zero tolerance policy because you wanted to do it with compassion. Do you know how outrageous that sounds?

Will you commit today to coming back to meet with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus?

Have you taken any contemporaneous memos about your interactions with President Trump?

What you all are doing is not within the confines of the law.

it is critically important for me that we reauthorize the program, but that we are also making sure that there is on-going inspections.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to start by thanking you for making this a priority and for pushing this and having this hearing.

It feels like we just had all kinds of conversations about healthcare and it was centered around repealing the Affordable Care Act, which would limit access to healthcare to people.

It feels like we just had all kinds of conversations about healthcare and it was centered around repealing the Affordable Care Act, which would limit access to healthcare to people.

I myself am a cosponsor of what we are talking about today--to eliminate these junk plans.

And to indicate and to just even say that a child has it well off here, when they are separated from their family, I think just shows just a complete ignorance of the trauma that is felt by these kids.

I have introduced a bill, a mental health bill, to making sure that we provide ongoing medical treatment for kids, even after they have left these facilities, because I don't think they are getting that care.

When I think of climate change, I think in terms of black and brown. When I think of climate change, I think of my black and brown constituents who make up 88 percent of my district and who are disproportionately impacted by negative…

Last night at the State of the Union, the President may have ignored the threat of climate change. But with Dems in control of the House, this committee and Congress will no longer ignore the threat of climate change.

So, ultimately, when I think of climate change, I do not see an environmental crisis, I see a systematic environmental racism that needs to be acknowledged and addressed.

When I think of climate change, I don't think in terms of green. I think in terms of black and brown.

I think of black and brown communities throughout the Nation forced to live under discriminatory environmental policies that cripple their cities and towns economically.

Ultimately, when I think of climate change, I do not see an environmental crisis, I see a systematic environmental racism that needs to be acknowledged and addressed.

I think of black and brown people who are confined to communities where decades of lax environmental policies and enforcement have literally sickened entire generations.

I think of black and brown communities and children whose asthma diagnosis amounts to nothing more than a death sentence.

I think of black and brown children forced to live in neighborhoods where the air quality standards are astonishingly low and the use of asthma inhalers is alarmingly high.

You are darn right that we are going to have hearings on this, and I am proud to say that our chairwoman and our chairman have been working hard to make sure we are going to work to bring down prescription drug prices.