"It is clear that smart regulation, climate regulation can actually save lives, direct lives."
"Regulations around protecting people in nursing homes can actually save lives."
"It is hard to understand why so many of my Republican colleagues constantly are fighting against basic laws that actually help and support people."
"I want to remind my colleagues in the Majority that attempts to demonize immigrants and people who come here legally to seek asylum is un-American."
"Let's be very clear, that crisis did not happen. This hearing is an attempt to manufacture one."
"It is also true that these numbers should be not celebrated but welcomed as progress in our ability to control and secure the border."
"Asylum is a legal right in this country, and claiming asylum is, so--"
"I think it has been unfortunate that Members of this committee tried to actually defund this critical program..."
"I want to remind the committee that we have a responsibility to provide legal status and protections to the people who build lives and pay taxes here..."
"Seeking asylum is not a crime. That is what many of our families have done."
"I hope that we can all commend the Biden-Harris Administration for their actions to prevent a serious disorder at the border following the expiration of Title 42, which I believe was the right decisio..."
"We know that immigrants make our country stronger and we are a Nation of immigrants."