Pramila Jayapal

Perpetrators of hate crimes have routinely invoked the President's name in an uptick of hate violence so drastic that scholars have actually dubbed it the Trump effect.

The threats of white nationalist terrorism have been clear really for some years since this President was elected.

This is a President who actually selected a portrait of Andrew Jackson to grace his office.

The best available evidence shows that separating children from their parents--entails very significant and potentially life-long risks of psychological and physical harm.

Are you aware that on September 27th of 2018, the DHS Office of Inspector General found that DHS was, quote, 'not fully prepared to implement zero tolerance or to deal with after effects'?

As Mr. Edlow said, zero tolerance policy is still an active memo.

I would remind my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, as they express their outrage that nothing has happened, that they actually controlled both chambers of Congress, the House and the Senate, and the White House, during this…

It is absolutely abhorrent, and I am just--I continue to be stunned----

Separating children from their parents--and this is your quote--``entails very significant and potentially life-long risks of psychological and physical harm.''

We must ensure that no one is above the law.

It seems clear from what you wrote that this is a classic definition of witness tampering.

Made repeated statements suggesting that a pardon was a possibility for Manafort, while also making it clear that the President did not want Manafort to flip and cooperate with the government.

The President said that flipping was not fair and almost ought to be outlawed.

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Omar). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal). The amendment was agreed to…

I am grateful to all of you for recognizing the dire need not only to recruit teachers but also to retain them if we are going to provide our kids with the education that they need to succeed.

I just want to take a minute to recognize my incredible colleague Jahana Hayes from Connecticut because I think she is the perfect example of what is possible if we were really able to eliminate some of the barriers that we see.

And they might actually be competing with you, and that might be something that you think would integrate well into your existing platform?

So you don't acquire promising tech startups or innovative non-Facebook owned platforms or apps?

And it is also a place where in the past innovation has had to be protected by the Federal Government.

My district has the great honor of long being a place for innovation...

Donald Trump in his tweet is undermining everything that we hold dear in our Constitution and in our founding values.

This is a racist, vile, xenophobic ploy to speak to, I think, a small part of his base.

According to notes contained in the FOIA that record discussions between DHS OIG and CBP and ERO leadership, there was situations in which a mother gave birth and then was returned to CBP custody until the mother could be transferred to…

The Trump administration has instituted metering, which has essentially closed the legal ports of entry.

By talking about this as a resource issue, DHS is trying to convince people that the problem is a lack of adequate facilities.