Joaquin Castro

Yes, I think so. And most of all making sure that the truth gets out to the American people on what is a very important subject to our democracy.

I hope so because Bob Mueller is going to be talking about things that are fundamental to our democracy, about potential obstruction of justice by the president of the United States, issues of conspiring with members of a foreign…

I am a very big supporter of public schools.

In fact, more people have come since the announcement of that policy. It is an abject failure.

So it is a purposeful way to disrupt your rest, your sleep, to try to get as many people out of there as possible?

That is right, you and Nanette Barragan, who also represents part of southern California, and you saw the metering policy, what is known as the metering policy. Again, that is where they block people from legally presenting for asylum. You…

That was bizarre. You remember, several months ago now, when Secretary Nielsen was still the Secretary of Homeland Security in, I think it was the first hearing, where she was asked about the government's, the Trump administration's family…

That is an important point, Jimmy. People wonder, well how is it that these families got separated? Why would the government do that? There is, in the law, which is known as Section 1325, a law that allows the government to basically…

Absolutely. Jimmy, I know you are from Los Angeles. You have also been on many of these CODELS. You have seen the horrific conditions that folks are being kept in, the separation of families, all of these things.

Thank you, Darren. Thank you for keeping an eye on the Homestead facility in Florida, for the CODELS, which are official congressional visits to these facilities. Thanks for all the work that you have been doing.

And there has been concern because of the weather in Florida, because you have a hurricane season in Florida, about the ability of these tents to withstand strong weather and the danger that that could present to the kids there.

That is an important point. When you went into that facility, this HHS facility, you were told, as a Member of Congress that has oversight authority over these Federal agencies and facilities, you were told not to speak to anybody that was…

With the Obama Administration a few years back now, I believe started to try to normalize relations with Cuba...

When we went into the cell, it was clear that the water was not running. There was a toilet, but there was no running water for people to drink. In fact, one of the women said that she was told by an agent to drink water out of the toilet.

This is a signal that I am willing to protect the lives of the people.

It is my duty to try to prevent this genocide.

This bill would direct the Secretary of State to do just that.

I just want to speak quickly about one of them, which is H.R. 1632, the Southeast Asia Strategy Act, which I introduced with my fellow ASEAN co-chair, Representative Wagner.

This amendment requires the Office of Refugee Resettlement to report all deaths of children in their custody. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 113, line 23, after ``section 5.5,'' insert ``and section 3.3.16''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

How can we provide support and resources to assist human rights defenders in civil society organizations that are obviously under threat?

I do not think you have said much about that. Maybe in your, you know, your testimony you submitted.

I remember when the Sandinistas overthrew the dictatorship, and in my office, I have a T-shirt quilt that includes one little T-shirt celebrating 1 year of freedom in Nicaragua.

Thank you, I yield back.

Chairman Engel and I have called on Assad and Putin to stand down immediately.