"So no one here should pretend that we do not have a problem."
"This should concern everyone. There is no doubt about it. The question is can we afford it, and if we cannot, how do we solve this problem?"
"I do not think anyone should put any blame. We had 13 years of inattention, but we have an opportunity today to take that first step toward solving this problem."
"A couple of things, and I do want to get into this idea that the children are safe when they are in your custody because that is certainly not what we are hearing."
"I am concerned even beyond what happens with these kids when they are out of your custody, and we cannot seem to agree on whether you have any responsibility for them."
"You know what would be good is for you to backtrack on your original statement that kids in your custody are safe, that there is no mismanagement within custody, within those facilities of what is hap..."
"If this were a IV-E investigation of a State foster care system, they would fail, and you basically would withdraw Federal money because there would be inadequate protections for kids."
"There have been 125 reports to law enforcement of child sexual assault in detention centers that are run by HHS or at least contracted to run by HHS, does not that concern you, Commander?"
"I think that we should have some pretty high expectations at $45,000 per child."
"That program is failing by all accounts."
"This sickens me. It sickens me that these children have been put in this position and in harm's way, and that we in the U.S. Government have responsibility for these children."