José E. Serrano: “there is always a role for the committee to play. And after all, we are the only committee that is in the Constitution…”

I am concerned with news reports that the Department of Homeland Security is deploying elite tactical teams to cities, including New York, with little to no justification that would potentially suppress response rates.

Well, one of the things that I have repeatedly said to the committee, which they are tired of hearing already, but you haven't heard it yet, is that my experience, I have never seen an auditorium of children and young people, high school…

I leave as a chairman, I leave in the majority--I will leave in the majority.

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