Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I am so pleased to hear that we should all be working together to get to the bottom of this, because that is exactly what the resolution puts forward. It says that these are allegations. It doesn't say that they are conclusively proved. But the resolution asks for an investigation, and it asks our government to pull out all the stops to do that. The reason we need a resolution and a sense of Congress about this is because we see ICE and the Department of Homeland Security undermining this investigation already. When the news broke 2 weeks ago, they promptly moved to deport one of the central witnesses. One of our colleagues, Sheila Jackson Lee, had to get that witness removed from a plane. She was on the tarmac ready to be sent overseas, where she then would not be available to testify. That same person was given humanitarian relief. She is allowed to stay in the country. Today, this morning, as we speak here, she reported to check in to ICE, as she was required to and as most immigrants do in our system, and when she reported, they tried to arrest her and deport her again. As we speak, Members of this body are having to work to keep ICE from undermining this investigation. So, yes, we need this resolution to move forward. Madam Speaker, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), who is the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Rules. Mr. McGOVERN.…”