Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I thank our able chairwoman, Nita Lowey from New York, for yielding me this time. I come to the floor to urge my colleagues to support this emergency supplemental request to address the humanitarian cry on our southern border. It aims to save lives and health. All people of conscience know it is urgently needed. These funds are vital to ensure the health and safety of these migrant refugees and migrant children. A record number of desperate families and unaccompanied children have crossed into the United States, and our Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Office of Refugee Resettlement are simply overwhelmed. Just this week, we learned that four toddlers being held in a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, had to be hospitalized because of dangerous neglect. The AP reported last week that children have been locked up in Border Patrol facilities for as many as 27 days without adequate food, water, and sanitation, for heaven's sake. This administration has failed to provide detained children with soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and beds, and it doesn't have the resources to adequately address flu and lice epidemics in these facilities. News reports say children are caring for other children. Five children have died in Customs and Border Protection custody since late last year. The situation is getting worse.…”