Part of the failure of this administration's tragic separation policy was not only its cruelty, but its incompetent implementation.

We will take your children if you come into our country. We will take your children.

Additional steps required to fingerprint all household members has had an impact on timely release of UAC without demonstrating benefit to the safety of children after they're released from ORR care.

And that includes intense fear, helplessness, and vulnerability.

Let there be no doubt that the decision by this administration to cruelly separate children from their parents is a stain on our country.

this is a legal act, coming to this Nation seeking asylum. This isn't even an unlawful entry.

Well, number one, we are the ones that pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord, not them.

I really want to thank you for having this hearing as your first hearing of this committee.

Do you all agree that climate change is real and that human activity contributes to it?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. You know, I really want to thank you for having this hearing as your first hearing of this committee.

I am asking you to please communicate to the Department that they do need to comply with this document request.

Addressing the problem of rape and sexual assault is of critical importance.

I have a really wonderful district attorney, Beth McCann, who is working quite closely with all of our hospitals.

It's critical to protect people's health in the aftermath of an attack and to receive critical timely medical services that address the unique needs of each victim.

I mean, it's health and it is criminal justice, but if you do it correctly, then it's patient centered.

this needs to be reauthorized. This is kind of one of the mysteries of Congress to me, why we have haven't done it.

We've got to act to reauthorize this law before the 115th Congress ends.

I think it's the best subcommittee in the House, and I'm really happy that you got the opportunity to chair it.

we need to reauthorize VAWA. It's very, very important to do. I've supported it every time. It's essential.

I think the other pieces are largely fairly easily fixable.

Lack of action is unintentionally killing us. It is a human rights imperative.

we as a country--I got to testify at the U.N. about this very issue--the world is watching us.

The biggest barrier to women of childbearing age receiving healthcare coverage is continuing refusal of 19 states, including my home State of Texas, to expand Medicaid.

We don't value women. We don't have paid leave.

what women, especially black women, in the United States need is accountability.