"Each reauthorization of VAWA has made important improvements leading to tangible results."
"VAWA provides vital resources to support victims, hold offenders accountable, and keep communities safer."
"VAWA needs to grow. VAWA needs to be inclusive. And VAWA needs to include all, if the violence is going to stop."
"The most critical factor enabling a victim of domestic violence to escape further abuse is the ability to obtain physical separation."
"In many of our Tribal communities, we have what we call two-spirit people, who are LGBTQ people."
"Illegal border crossings are at nearly 40-year lows. There is no documented terrorist or national-security emergency at the southern border."
"The President has already identified $8.1 billion in congressionally appropriated funds that he plans to take in order to build his ineffective wall which he promised Mexico would pay for."
"I also want to reiterate the findings of 58 former national security officials who condemned the President's emergency declaration, and stated that any redirection of funds will, quote, 'undermine U.S..."
"There is no basis for circumventing the appropriations process with a declaration of national emergency on the southern border."
"I, too, echo my colleagues' sentiments about diversity being our strength. And it is not just a pretty sentiment."
"This administration is responsible for the harm suffered by thousands of children and their parents, and it must be held accountable."