The false narratives spread about ICE are utterly reprehensible.

I share the Majority's concern regarding the necessity of enforcing the standards for safety and security of ICE detainees.

Thank you, Chairwoman.

The health and well-being of those detained in the United States is not a partisan issue.

In Houston, federal support has been a blessing and sometimes a curse.

It is actually part of the reason I got into politics.

Hurricane Harvey landed a sucker punch to Houston.

It is hard to imagine a more inefficient and ineffective way to reduce poverty.

It is great because it exposes two very different ways of thinking about our economy, opportunity, and the mutually shared goal of overcoming poverty.

Instead of creating resentment against success, we focus on who actually needs our help, which is the people who are having trouble moving up the economic ladder.

If we just left them alone, you don't think they would just leave us alone?