Bennie Thompson actually said...

They want a wedge issue, not solutions. They want to distract from their own in-fighting and obvious inability to govern.

This isn't serious border oversight. That much is obvious to anyone who actually understands oversight of the border.

Republicans are threatening to cut funding for critical border security operations, which would create chaos at the border.

Instead of working with Democrats to avert a Government shutdown, Republicans are squabbling amongst themselves and holding show hearings.