Our residents in the Eighth Congressional District are counting on you all, and I really appreciate the opportunity to speak.

Thank you for having those of us who couldn't make it out of the committee come and testify in front of you.

I must convey my frustration and disappointment that the Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security have stonewalled the efforts of this committee.

That military service members would have to work without pay is unconscionable.

The threats have evolved and we have reshaped how the Government approaches immigration and travel.

As a New Yorker you understand the significance that this comes with, for me in particular, you know, we have had three terrorist attacks just in the last several years.

I sincerely want to know whether this is worth it. Whether it is worth it to discriminate against millions of people around the world simply on the basis of their faith?

We want to support the programs that work, the ones that are based on real data and real threats.

But the family separations that took place last summer had nothing to do with preventing human trafficking.

I adamantly hope we do not see a repeat of this cruelty this summer.

Like all of my colleagues, I am deeply committed to combating human trafficking at our Southern Border.

We have laws and procedures in place to protect migrant children and families seeking asylum.

There has to be a better way.

Real oversight of this family separation policy and how DHS and CBP are currently treating asylum-seeking families and children is long overdue.

The proposal and action carried out by DHS to date have proven inadequate, harmful, and deadly.

Under the Trump administration, DHS has pursued increasingly restrictive immigration policies at our Southern Border that are having devastating humanitarian consequences.

To me, and to many of my colleagues on our committee, this means that any criteria or justification that this administration uses to separate families at the border today must be carefully scrutinized and subject to Congressional oversight.

climate change is a national security issue that has implications for our military, for our installations, for our ranges, and, overall, the safety and security of the country.

I look forward to working across the aisle on this important amendment. I think it is not a partisan issue. It is an American issue. I look forward to talking with my Republican colleagues about how we can break this thing off and turn it…

I appreciate the spirit of the gentleman from Illinois and look forward to working with everyone. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms…

As the designee of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes), I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 323, insert after line 6 the following: SEC…

The legislation before us today, the For the People Act of 2019, represents a major step forward toward improving government transparency and accountability, expanding voting rights, and draining the corrosive influence of money in our…

we cannot fight global threats without a global coalition, that without partners and allies, our ability to protect ourselves is at least diminished

we heard in real time from our allies their deep, deep concern with the way that the U.S. and the administration was handling informing them about our plans in the world

A number of us wrote a letter, a bipartisan letter to the President asking that he reconsider his decision to fully pull out of Syria.