In closing, while I certainly oppose the rule, I want to urge support for the underlying measure. H.R. 4378 is a bipartisan continuing resolution that will fund the government and keep it open for the American people while we complete our…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 232, nays 197, not voting 3, as follows: [Roll No…

I agree with my friend very much. These two pieces of legislation are excellent, and they are must pass, and I look forward with working with him on that. But this is such an extraordinary outbreak of bipartisanship, I think we should go…

I want to thank my good friend, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter) for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, we are here today on two items, both of which are actually bipartisan ideas. And though this has been an…

There is a lot of manipulation of these unaccompanied minors by people coming into the country.

Your focus on this issue has been unrelenting and I think appropriate.

We were overtaken by this crisis in 2014.

I think this moved us in the right direction in this hearing.

he is clearly the best politician in Washington, D.C., if he can get appointed by both Barack Obama and President Trump.

I find the crisis eerily similar and the strained resources all too familiar that we put HHS and ORR in a situation to deal with.

I know that my friends at HHS are doing the best they can to bring all facilities up to standards as quickly as possible.

I think things have gotten measurably better during your tenure.

I think you would agree, I think, with all of us up here, regardless of perspective on the current thing, the best thing is to get these kids out of your custody as quickly as possible into an appropriately-vetted, you know, sponsor.

Any child that comes into the custody of the government of the United States needs to be taken care of and well-treated.

There is a lot of continuity here.

I think your advocacy will probably make a difference, already has, as my good friend the chair has put additional resources behind these kinds of efforts.

Somehow in the testimony we heard earlier today, my colleagues missed the fact that Homestead was actually initially used by the Obama administration.

About one out three of the people they tested were not related in the manner described.

The speed at which this has evolved reminds me sometime of the opioid crisis or things like that where we have seen products have consequences we didn't really initially understand.

I think it is a very important hearing and timely.

This has been an excellent, excellent hearing, and we appreciate the information you have brought to us.

I want to thank you for the hearing, and your focus on this issue.

We will get an exact count of the reasonable people we have on the budget vote later this week.

I thank my friend for the additional time, and I will be brief. So it is with a great deal of sorrow--not sorrow that I oppose the rule, because I think the rule needs to be much more open, much more inclusive, but I hope that we can get…

I want to begin by thanking my friend. I think this is a wise decision. I know it was a difficult decision, but I think it is the right thing because I know we have a common objective here. We know we need resources at the border right…