"I don't think it is a strawman. I mean, I think people's lives are literally on the line."
"On April 28, President Trump announced that he would issue an executive order that would use the Defense Production Act to force meat-packing plants to remain open, leaving tens of thousands of worker..."
"The Trump Administration has been woefully inadequate in setting standards, mandatory standards, that will save people's lives."
"There have been, in the last count I saw, about 11,000 folks infected because of meat-packing plants. Many folks have died."
"I came away believing that it is an inhumane situation that we are placing these folks in."
"The State Department acknowledges that some of those Mexican cities are cities that the State Department has advised Americans not to travel to?"
"I guess, based on what we heard from folks the other day, it is quite the opposite..."
"The one thing that we actually could do to address the youth bulge is make voluntary family planning readily available to empower women."
"AMLO ran as a reformer for President of Mexico, but there have been reports about his possible complicity with the Trump Administration in perhaps abusing the human rights of some of these asylum seek..."
"I think in my written testimony I suggested, for example, a ban on the import of assault weapons to the United States, which make their way into the Mexican marketplace is one good place to start."
"I think this is one of the best parts of our democracy is that we can be critical of ourselves."