Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, last week the Department of Justice tried to argue in Federal Court that the United States Government did not have to provide detained children with soap, toothbrushes, or even beds. The department refused to answer whether or not the children's ability to go to sleep was a requirement of providing safe and sanitary conditions. This is another despicable example of this administration's harmful policies that are meant to do nothing more than strike fear in the hearts of those who come to our border. They continue to try to hide this from the American people. They told Congress that there was no family separation policy. That was a lie. Now, they are trying to explain away the inhumane treatment of the very children they have chosen to separate from their families. I have been to the border. I have seen the cages and the foil blankets. I have talked to the children and the parents they have been separated from. This is a crisis. Yesterday, thankfully, the House passed $4.5 billion in emergency funds to strengthen health and safety requirements for migrants of all ages, to protect parents from unnecessary separation or prolonged detention, and to help address the root causes that are forcing people to flee their own countries. America is the greatest country in the world. There is no reason that children should be in cages or people should be dying in the custody of our government.…”