The sad reality is that some of these children are exploited and abused, including being forced to work in violation of labor laws in order to pay off their smugglers.

I have a lot of respect for you, as you know, Mr. Secretary, but I am not able to sit here and not comment on this idea that somehow this is Donald Trump's fault.

I support that program.

Thank you for coming today. I think it was very important.

The current policy is essentially that any child from anywhere, other than Mexico, who shows up at our Southern Border is allowed to come into the United States for an indefinite period of time.

We should also pass our bipartisan bill, the Responsibility for Unaccompanied Minors Act, to require better background checks and to ensure accountability.

I appreciate the bipartisan oversight of the critical issues we will talk about today.

My concern is that right now China is able to get a free ride.

this is National Police Week. It is a time every year when we stop to pay tribute to our law enforcement officers around the country, the men and women in blue who serve us every day in my State of Ohio and every State represented in this…

I think the ideal trade policy is one that is pro-trade and yet anti-cheating.

We welcome competition, but competition needs to be fair.

Thank you. I am committed to advancing our committee's competitiveness legislation in the manner laid out by my colleague from Michigan. I appreciate the work we have put into this package to date. As we prepare to dramatically increase…