I came away believing that it is an inhumane situation that we are placing these folks in.

The one thing that we actually could do to address the youth bulge is make voluntary family planning readily available to empower women.

Mr. Speaker, this month, the American people were unwillingly taken to the brink of war at the reckless direction of this administration. As a coequal branch of government, we must ensure that no President can take any military action…

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.

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 seekers.

I think they certainly have a responsibility ensuring that people that want protection have the opportunity to request it, but they have not done nearly enough in this area.

As we speak, hundreds of people from Central America seeking refuge at our borders are forced to wait in Mexico as their asylum claims are processed.

Many of these Mexican cities the U.S. Government has advised Americans not to travel to.

I think for the U.S. Congress, for the President, I think it is something that we have to think about, in terms of how we dedicate our own resources.

I, like many of my colleagues, recently visited our armed forces in Afghanistan and had the opportunity to meet with many of our men and women who are working on training special forces and Afghan pilots.

I actually really want to commend you for being so frank.