"the President could not declare a national emergency because too many people of color are voting."
"This debate should not be about partisan politics. It should be about protecting a principle that is fundamental to our constitutional democracy."
"It is a terrible irony that so many of these families undertook a perilous journey to protect their children only to see their children ripped from their arms by those who were supposed to provide ref..."
"DHS snatched screaming children from their parents' arms without bothering to make sure they captured sufficient data to reunite them in the future."
"Family separation policy has stained the Nation and hurt our people, leaving families in pain and our Government in shame."
"The DHS Inspector General and the GAO concluded that DHS was inadequately prepared to implement this policy in an organized and efficient manner."
"I have served in Congress for almost 25 years, and I have participated in hundreds of hearings, but I have rarely been confronted with overseeing policy choices so dreadful and grave that they fundame..."
"We will finally seek to hold the administration accountable for its indefensible and repugnant family separation policy."
"It is unbelievable that so much harm has occurred to so many people with so little congressional oversight."
"Yet we continue to receive reports that families are being torn apart at the border."
"Do we know the names of the kids, the names of the parents, the location of both, so that they can be reunified quickly? If not, why not?"