"We have demonstrated that our government can work better efficiently and still get a lot of progress for the American people."
"Despite of all this incredible progress the last Congress made, the President made, Republicans are still trying to propose cuts across our government, which is really unacceptable."
"It was President Trump and his Administration that was really facilitating the closures and trying to get us reopened, and it was a total disaster."
"We also know the challenges that we face at the border are not challenges that you can take on your own and not just the responsibility of your Department."
"I just want to note that these insane ideas have been proposed by former President Trump and Members of our very body here in the Congress."
"I think it is important to note that by seeing what has happened today and the rhetoric around this really important conversation, that the Majority is not really serious about any solutions, but they..."
"It is unfortunate that so many choose to forget that immigrants make contributions to this country and can become secretaries of departments and Members of Congress."
"It is important to note that this committee itself cannot have credibility to discuss sensitive intelligence information if Members of the Majority are going to publicly defend people who continue to ..."
"I think we can all agree that our national security and protecting our great nation and the lives and safety of Americans is incredibly important and remains very strong today."
"We should also be very clear, and I think everyone can agree here as part of this committee, that our military is still the strongest in the world."
"I think it is important to remember that we have been diversifying our military for decades and so this has been a priority of the United States."
"Obviously, if we support our men and women in uniform rather than actually trying to score political points, we might actually make some progress on this issue."