Grace Meng actually said...

"I appreciate you saying that you are prioritizing it. I am concerned that we will not be able to do that if so many resources have been stripped from the State Department."

"I am concerned that decoupling refugee programming from the diplomatic efforts of the State Department... will reduce the effectiveness of U.S. diplomacy on refugee issues."

"I am concerned that a 24 percent across-the-board cut is not only irresponsible but dangerous to our national security."

"it is arguable that there is a crisis at the border; in fact, much of the backlog in our immigration courts can be arguably said that it is manufactured."