"Our children are the living messengers we send to a future we will never see."
"And so help me God, I'm going to do everything in our power and work with our entire committee to try to resolve these issues as fast as we possibly can."
"These documents set forth recommendations to stop separating the children from their families and unnecessary detentions and ensure we provide humane treatment to everyone in government custody."
"I want to thank you for your comments, Mr. Jordan."
"I, too, want to applaud Mr. Green. He has worked tirelessly with us to address the issue of suicide in our military."
"It is not the deed that we do to the children; it is the memory."
"Thank you to the Honorable Congressman Elijah Cummings and to the honorable congressional colleagues and staff of the Committee on Oversight and Reform."
"This has been some of the most chilling testimony that I have heard in my 23 years in Congress."
"When bad things happen to us, we should not ask the question why did it happen to us but we should ask the question why did it happen for us."
"Pain, passion, purpose."
"CDC is committed to working with Congress, other Federal, state, and local agencies and partners to address these complex issues and, ultimately, to save lives."
"My mother used to say--my mother used to say there is nothing like a person who don't know what they don't know."