Political Quotes

“I want to thank the Speaker personally for taking control of a difficult situation. So, Madam Speaker, just to resume my point, we have a vehicle. It could literally pass on this floor in less than an hour. It could head to the President. It satisfies almost all--not all, but almost all--of my friends' concerns. I would just ask them, in all seriousness, to just consider political reality here and let's get this done and get these resources to where they are needed. We can do that. We can do it in a bipartisan fashion. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record two articles: One from Vox, entitled, ``The Horrifying Conditions Facing Kids in Border Detention, Explained,'' and another from Time magazine, entitled, ``Lawyers Say Migrant Children Are Living in `Traumatic and Dangerous' Conditions at Border Detention Site.'' [From Vox, June 25, 2019] The Horrifying Conditions Facing Kids in Border Detention, Explained (By Dara Lind) On any given day, 2,000 children are in Border Patrol custody, and the problems are hardly confined to one facility. At any given time, for the past several weeks, more than 2,000 children have been held in the custody of US Border Patrol without their parents.…”