Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Chair, I thank the gentlewoman, and I rise in support of my colleague's amendment. As children detained at the border face increased medical needs, this amendment perfects the bipartisan provision that was included in last year's Labor-HHS bill, which allowed the Department to accept donations to assist in providing basic medical care and support for children in the Office of Refugee Resettlement's care. I believe it was an amendment by our colleague Representative Cuellar of Texas. The Congresswoman's proposal to include early childhood developmental screenings is a great one for those generous volunteers who want to help these children while they are in ORR's care. I also want to emphasize that we will not allow HHS or its grantees to abdicate any of their responsibilities to meet the standards that are set in law to care for these children. On numerous occasions, we, in fact, found, that the care was less than what was required by the agreement struck in 1997. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.”