This is a victory, I think, in introducing this legislation, for bipartisanship, for fiscal responsibility.

the importance of pairing natural infrastructure improvements with engineered flood control solutions and how they can complement each other

One of the major roles of government is to create a nurturing environment for job creation and job preservation.

this is not a place to cheat. This is not a place to cheat the budget.

you will grow jobs, you will grow the kinds of jobs that we need to be developing in our country right now, blue collar jobs that we so desperately need to increase

I feel lucky to be here. I feel lucky to serve with the men and women around us on this Committee and in the Senate.

The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general said it is investigating EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of nonpublic email accounts.

It is a challenging program because of the fluctuation of the population, surges, ebbs and flows.

Anybody else aware of a good practice that we ought to be mindful of?

We are failing in our responsibility to protect and properly care for these children after they arrive here seeking our help.

God bless the Chief Justice and the folks who work with him, they rounded up 75 lawyers to provide pro bono assistance.

If we had a reasonable, comprehensive immigration reform plan in place and were implementing that so that people who actually wanted to come and work here could do so as a guest worker, go back and forth.

Get this done. Way too much time has passed. We want to impart a sense of urgency. Get this done.

HHS is failing in these and in a number of other areas.

Would it be beneficial for HHS to notify State governments of placement of unaccompanied children with sponsors within their States?

Would you just take a minute to describe how you learn that an unaccompanied child is now part of the community say in Georgetown, Delaware?

We continue to believe HHS has the authority and responsibility to care for and keep track of these children.

We care about the JCO because we care that we have a plan in place to protect these kids when they are in government custody.

We actually dramatically increased funding for judges, the courts, and stuff like that.

I have asked my staff to check, Mr. Chairman, and to our witnesses, and see what is the level of funding that we have provided in the past for immigration judges, immigration courts, that sort of thing.

Congress has been incredibly responsive to this program.

I often say in this room, find out what works, do more of that.

I want to thank you for the commitment you have shown over a number of years to better care for vulnerable migrant children.

I don't know if the Presiding Officer was able to be present in the House of Representatives earlier today when the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, spoke to us about a variety of things, including the Paris accords, the Iran deal…

That undermines our rule of law and an effective immigration system.