Jerry Nadler: “I am ready to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, we have heard about the Senate bill, that…”

“I am ready to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, we have heard about the Senate bill, that it wasn't strong enough. It was strong enough so that Senator McConnell supported it. Senator Lankford, one of the most conservative Senators in the Senate, supported it. It was going to pass until President Trump said: I don't want this problem solved. I want an issue for the election. Then suddenly it was stopped. Then we are told about H.R. 2. H.R. 2 was such a terrible bill that it couldn't get more than 32 votes in the Senate, a Senate with 49 Republican Senators. So don't tell me about H.R. 2. Mr. Speaker, this resolution is cloaked in language ostensibly honoring law enforcement, but it is really just another excuse for Republicans to play politics with the southern border and to sound tough without actually doing anything. I am glad that the kind of thing they are talking about doing isn't being done. They say: Turn back to President Trump. President Trump separated thousands of children from their parents, little children, many whom even today cannot be identified and returned to their parents. I don't think this country wants a return to that kind of policy. Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to oppose this pointless resolution, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, once again, I have to remind my friend that the Senate could not pass its bill.…”