Yvette Clarke actually said...

"I think that the topic at hand is an appropriate one for our subcommittee's first hearing this Congress."

"Foreign actors can no longer be permitted to commit industrial-strength espionage against our Government and businesses without being brought to account."

"Had we dealt with those crossers at the policy level, creating for example legal guest-worker programs for migrant farm workers or more humane family reunification programs, then fewer resources would..."

"It should not be long, idling wait times at our ports of entry, and it should not be unnecessary, expensive, ugly fencing that can easily be defeated with tunnels and ladders."