Ayanna Pressley

CBP is the country's largest law enforcement agency but with the least amount of transparency and accountability.

I happen to think the law's a cruel and inhumane one.

I am so very sorry that we have failed you.

Seeking asylum is a human right and you did what any mother or parent would have done for their child.

We will not forget you or Mariee. We will not look away.

I think this system is broken, because people running the system are blind, and because lawmakers are blind.

This is not -- this is unsanitary. It is a public health issue. And it is inhumane.

Every day with this administration, whether we're talking about mixed immigration status, policies from HUD or military policies to separate families or the department of homeland security, every day, they are working hard to criminalize…

I want to talk about their parents, the mothers, the abuelas, the tias, the madres, that I sat with who wept openly in our arms, not even knowing our names! Because of the trauma they are experiencing! And because they don't know where…

This is about ethics and the law.

So let me get this straight. Ms. Conway even violated the guidance the White House itself provided employees?

And because Ms. Conway refused to testify here today and was a no-show, we cannot hear from her directly as to why she did what she did.

It would appear that she, like the boss she serves, believes herself to be above the law.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 449, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 449, line 19, after…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 548, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''. Page 548, line 25, after…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 50, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

During a recent Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, of which I am a member, on Ban the Box, an advocate and formerly incarcerated mother testified that ``People do not go to prison; families do.'' From personal experience and a career…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 53, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

I arrived from committee late. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 324. Amendment No. 79 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Underwood). The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on…

In my district there are four syringe service programs.

We have to move holistically. We have to move with urgency, and I do believe we need not only on-demand treatment, but it need to be culturally competent, it needs to be gender specific and responsive, and it needs to be trauma informed.

My father, like millions of Americans, as someone who battled heroin addiction, opioid addiction, and was in and out of the criminal justice system, committing crimes to support that addiction.

Opponents of syringe service programs have argued that these approaches fuel drug use rather than reduce the risk of disease.

I'm grateful that we are at a point in the pendulum switch shift here that we are looking at this as a public health crisis and epidemic, which we did not do with crack cocaine.

I could argue that this amendment will actually find administrative savings to cover healthcare costs. Further, it has been my experience that the elders and the grandparents I work with are deeply concerned about the state of their…