I believe Members across the aisle can unite and agree that providing these children with some sort of immigration relief is the just and fair thing to do.

This is an issue of fairness, decency, and compassion.

What you have done is you have sacrificed the rule of law on the altar of political expediency.

Border security and interior enforcement remain my top priority during this debate--it must come first.

The real harassment of Tea Party groups wasn't just the fact that they applied and maybe were denied.

They had to wait. They never got resolution.

That's why this is all about Washington and this Chief Counsel's Office.

I wish you would have shared it, frankly, but--and I made that point clear a month and a half ago when you were here.

Everything you guys have looked at--the heightened scrutiny, the delays, the fact that these groups were never approved...

But to say you're somehow favoring the Republicans, I just don't get it.

But if the purpose of this hearing is to impede implementation of new consumer protections and to address the causes of the financial crisis, I strongly reject that.