Summer Lee

The loss of a child is precious. I give my deepest sympathy to the families and, therefore, we must make sure that we correct it.

So it would be your view that minimally, a Nation as powerful, as rich as the United States, could recognize the importance of those nuances and have a system in place that would deal with pediatric issues or children who are in…

Where this tragedy falls is clearly at the feet of an administration that is inattentive and does not recognize that we are to comply with the international protocols of human rights and human decency.

I am going to be very clear that when you lead a Nation, all that happens, whether you like it or not, falls at your feet.

I strongly advocate for a crucial legislative fix for debate and vote that will provide permanent legal residence and a path to citizenship to the more than 800,000 Dreamers.

Real border security cannot be achieved by building a wall on the Southern Border, blocking asylum seekers, or separating children from their parents.

Making sure that our immigration policies in word and deed reflect the best of our Nation's values and institutions;

The saddest, most tragic situation is the plight of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children or those who were taken from their parents or removed from the care of responsible adults.

The Department of Homeland Security was not created to protect the Nation from desperate people escaping violence and poverty, seeking asylum in our country.

I just want to put on the record my question about the Veterans Administration because I don't think I was--they are backlogged.

They are having problems, but I will continue on.

We are in the most desperate moments of our tenure, or our time, as a city and as a region.

I am going to be a living witness of how important this particular hearing is.

I would hear from my colleagues across the Nation: 'Where are the test kits? I can't get any.'

We suffered greatly with no PPEs.

The virus controls us.

Please highlight it as one of the most important elements, because that is only way that you can get information.

For this meeting and many others that I am dealing with, as well as a major testing, is life and death, and I would disagree with the gentleman who indicated the testing--he might want to correct his statement--is not important.

I think it is important that we take note of the fact that Dr. Fauci has been an instrumental part of the White House task force.

I have asked for ICE to stand down. I have asked for the Federal Government--I have asked the White House task force to ask ICE to stand down.

I am now in the COVID epicenter. I am in what would be politely called Hades.

The opposite has absolutely happened, and this administration has been an abysmal failure in keeping us Americans safe from the ravages of this pandemic.

Returning to the ways things were is not an option.

I would just like to have you emphasize how important it is to have testing sites, how important it is to continue to have the Federal Government maintain its testing sites, and how eager Harris Countyians and Houstonians are desperately…

Do you think lives have been lost throughout the United States because of that ineffective National strategy?