August Pfluger actually said...

"Chairman Thompson said last year that he would have a border hearing and he never did. Now he's been--he's acting as a partisan agent."

"It's extremely disrespectful of my Democratic colleagues to not be here, to not support those who would put their lives on the line to keep our country safe."

"America, wake up. Look over here to the side, to the colleagues that should be here, to my Democratic colleagues. How disrespectful is it?"

"We will meet CCP aggression with strength, its deception with unflinching truth, and its attempts at exploitation with justice."