I look forward to working with you on that appropriations request to make sure that there aren't redundancies created with other agencies who have been in this space.

I just couldn't believe the choices that were being made. I couldn't believe the choice to, you know, round up mothers with medically-fragile children, separate them from their kids to send them back home.

That was an inhumane un-American policy. We should all celebrate its end.

I understand that it's a lot easier to use the issue of migration as a political cudgel than to see it as a problem that needs to get solved.

I think it's so important to be able to shift our spending away from disaster response to prevention.

What I've seen, though, is that the GAO in particular has made some findings about the process used to build the border wall that are pretty stunning.

I hope that you'll also work with those of us that represent a lot of small communities...

I would hope that the Administration is taking a look at the impact of those broad-based waivers, as well.

So I'm a new chairman of this committee. I took the job knowing about the politics that surround this issue.

The answer is for the United States to double down and make sure that any grievances we have are addressed.

I mean, obviously this is going to have to either come from other parts of the budget or there's going to have to be a supplemental made and I share the concern that if it's a transfer request, there will have to be some difficult choices…

I just think that's an important thing for our committee to consider.

I think the border wall is a terrible idea, a waste of taxpayer money, an invitation to continue to seed these illegitimate fears of immigrants.

The World Health Organization is the most influential global public health institution in the world, whether my friends like it or not.

The bottom line is that President Trump's rhetoric and the cruelty of family separation didn't stop people from coming to the United States.

Natural disasters are becoming more fierce and more frequent.

The Coast Guard, faced with critical antiterrorism and drug interdiction missions, is in need of long overdue capitalization.

It is an oversimplification to suggest that they are in the pocket of the Chinese government.

New investments in cybersecurity are needed in the wake of these unprecedented attacks on our networks.

These kids are not security concerns.

We continue to load up the entirety of the Middle East, tribes on different sides of different conflicts with a higher caliber and higher class weapons.

The Israelis in the past have not shown much of a willingness to listen to advice and pressure from the United States.

Well, the President has expressed support for a ceasefire.

I have been pressing the administration to engage on a ceasefire.

Listen, the World Health Organization is the most influential global public health institution in the world, whether my friends like it or not.