Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the rule. Yes, indeed, we have a responsibility to act. As Speaker Pelosi has said, we must do this for the sake of the children, and I thank her for not capitulating to the Senate demands for a blank check. When I reflect on the number of deaths that we have seen at the border, when I reflect on the horrific conditions in facilities where children are being held in ice-cold cells with no one to care for them but a child stranger--conditions in these facilities are horrific--I ask myself: Is this the America that I came to as a young child? Is this the America that my son swore to protect when he joined the U.S. Air Force? This surely isn't the country that welcomed me as a young child from Guatemala. But we must work toward that American ideal that we all share. We cannot simply allocate funds to agencies where we have seen numerous children die in their custody. No blank checks. No more torturing of babies. No more separating infants from their mothers. This legislation brings funds to the children that are urgently needed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman an additional 30 seconds.”