"There is no doubt, there is certainly not a line that stops oil from seeping into different parts of the ocean, and we have seen what happens to tourism and industries when that occurs."
"I happen to believe that doing the moral thing is taking care of our planet."
"We don't talk about climate change in this Committee."
"Just because you don't get asylum doesn't mean that it is a fraud."
"What we will not do is sit idly by while President Trump tries to undermine our values as a Nation of immigrants."
"I actually believe if we gave people counsel, you would see that 20 percent number increase."
"The Trump administration's decision to implement a new 'zero-tolerance' policy to criminally prosecute all migrants crossing the Southwest Border... is deeply troubling."
"It makes me sick to my stomach to keep hearing over and over again, painting the broad stroke and the picture as though these are folks who are coming here to do harm."
"DACA-like people are the people we need in this country. They have served this country."
"We love to paint immigrants as criminals. That is not the complete facts. That is very offensive for me to see continuing to happen."
"Olivia is from El Salvador, one of the deadliest countries that is not in a war zone and she talks about how difficult it is to turn yourself in."