"Thanks to Democratic oversight efforts, we know the tragic results of Donald Trump's cruel family separation policy today."
"The evidence clearly indicates that your zero-humanity policy was intended to permanently separate children from their parents."
"Despite the title of this hearing and the claims by the majority, immigrants are a huge engine of economic growth for the American economy."
"In H.R. 2 it would eliminate the Uniting for Ukraine Program. I have an amendment to keep that in and Republicans voted against it."
"I want to clarify that undocumented immigrants and documented immigrants contribute to the U.S. economy."
"Any indications that they do not is excluding the contributions of undocumented immigrants as well as documented immigrants."
"The administration has created over 14 million jobs, kept unemployment under 4 percent for the longest time in nearly 50 years, and delivered the most pro-worker agenda in modern history."
"Unionization is fundamentally about workplace democracy, about the right to organize and that worker power helps not just workers, but our whole economy."
"This June, the NLRB issued a pro-worker decision that rightfully reversed a Trump era policy that allowed companies to misclassify their employees as independent contractors."
"Through their collective power, unionized workers have secured record contracts that have dramatically raised wages and increased benefits."
"It is unacceptable that my Republican colleagues want to chip away at these pro-worker policies, and it is our duty to stand with workers who buildup our economy."
"Let me be completely clear that I unequivocally condemn Hamas's use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war."