"I have a bill that I introduced with the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, my colleague, Adam Smith."
"I am proud to hold this hearing today so we can talk about real solutions."
"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 would certainly recommend against that and strongly recommend that DHS' transfer and reprogramming authority be restricted into the ICE enforcement and detention account."
"The truth is our country is far too reliant on the incarceration of immigrants."
"I hope that witnesses called by the minority in the future respect the authority of the committee."
"It is the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, and it would create justice and due process in the detention system."
"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 w..."
"I didn't like it under the Obama Administration either."
"I was one of the first Members to go to the Sea-Tac Airport, and it was absolute chaos."
"Therefore, it's essentially not discriminatory."