Joe Crowley: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have tremendous respect for you, and so I do appreciate your holding this hearing today.”

One more further parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York will state his parliamentary inquiry.

The Trump administration and its attacks on families seeking asylum are in full force. The Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, just announced this week that victims of domestic violence and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum here…

We would not have to wait for a determination. It would not be just aimed at one or two individuals, but would affect the regime.

We were so close, so close. Some Republicans were finally willing to work with Democrats on a bipartisan way forward to give certainty to Dreamers, young people who want to be able to work and go to school here free from fear. We needed…