Pramila Jayapal

When people put their lives on the lines to defend our country, the only right thing to do is make sure that they and their families are protected.

I was very proud to be a part of [the $15 minimum wage].

I would hardly call this 'busywork' to protect our elections. So, I wish our colleagues on the other side would be as concerned with election security.

The primary argument is that it's because many of their products are either cheap or free, and, therefore, consumers are inherently benefiting.

CBO estimated the cost of the tax bill to be $1.9 trillion over 10 years, Mr. Lipps.

The administration estimated $2 billion over 5 years in the proposed rule.

Let me tell you what the estimate is. It is $270 million over five years based on the data.

You are changing a rule that states have implemented, that will have impact on decisions that states have made across the country.

Is it the goal of your agency to take away free school meals for families just over 130 percent of the poverty level?

This Trump Administration rule is cruel to hungry kids who need our help for food.

I consider this rule with its lack of process and transparency a complete end run around Congress.

Although the Great Recession officially ended 10 years ago, the bottom 50 percent of households have only just retained their wealth, which I find appalling.

I'm really interested in this idea of centralized and cohesive coordination of our Nation's cybersecurity to better protect from foreign and domestic threats.

I didn't like it under the Obama Administration either.

I would like to make the following documents part of the record: a complaint filed yesterday regarding the failure to provide adequate medical and mental health care to LGBT people and people living with HIV in immigration detention…

It is the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, and it would create justice and due process in the detention system.

I hope that witnesses called by the minority in the future respect the authority of the committee.

The truth is our country is far too reliant on the incarceration of immigrants.

I would certainly recommend against that and strongly recommend that DHS' transfer and reprogramming authority be restricted into the ICE enforcement and detention account.

I am so sorry on behalf of our government for what you have experienced, but I am glad that you are here today to courageously share your stories.

ICE continues to spend at an unsustainable rate.

I am proud to hold this hearing today so we can talk about real solutions.

I have a bill that I introduced with the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, my colleague, Adam Smith.

All of this detention is unnecessary, inhumane, and wasteful.

The human face, as my colleague Mr. Bera said, that is reflected, frankly, in thousands of people across the country.