"First, I would like to quote Judge Moody from Arkansas, a Federal judge."
"Government should not stick its nose into a parent's decision to seek gender-affirming care for their children."
"I felt bad about voting for it because I hate what fentanyl has done to so many people and such a killer."
"You've got to have a better answer. You've got to do something different, or this is going to go on until your great grandchildren are sitting in this Chair as DEA head."
"Healthcare bans conflict with medical expertise. They rob parents of their right to make decisions for their children."
"These bans pose a serious threat to the health and safety of transgender young people across the country, and I urge the Members of this Committee to reject any Federal attempts to replicate that harm..."
"I will not sit here and allow the trans community to be abused or in essence to be rejected."
"Today, thanks to a concerted Republican strategy to vilify immigrants, it is hard to imagine a bill like that garnering that kind of bipartisan vote in either chamber."
"The administration announced the opening of regional processing centers across the Western Hemisphere."
"I have serious concerns about some policies including a new asylum regulation which was just declared unlawful in Federal court."
"It is our job in Congress to fix this. We have not updated the immigration system in over three decades."