"There is a huge group of people who are just ready to say, on both sides, that 2020 isn't going to be free and fair."
"Frustrated by the lack of action on this critical issue, Democrats on this committee and the Committee on House Administration launched the Congressional Task Force on Election Security in July 2017."
"Election security is a National security issue and it must transcend party politics because it requires a unified effort to protect America's elections."
"I am extremely concerned that we preserve the perception and reality that the U.S. military is apolitical."
"the timing of the decision to deploy, which is hard to feel wasn't political given how close it was to the midterms."
"The President himself admitted there is no emergency, even as he was announcing his declaration, saying, 'I didn't need to do this. I just want to do it faster.'"
"Real border security cannot be achieved by building a wall on the Southern Border, blocking asylum seekers, or separating children from their parents."
"No amount of verbal gymnastics will change that she knew the Trump administration was implementing a policy to separate families at the border."
"I am prepared to use the tools at the committee's disposal to obtain the information if the Secretary fails to comply."
"I want people to think about where we will be if it becomes normal to ask foreign governments to intervene in our political process."
"You cannot fight something with nothing."