[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 99 (Thursday, June 14, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PICK ON SOMEBODY YOUR OWN SIZE

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, when Members attack one another on this 
floor, we sometimes have to apologize publicly.
  What is the appropriate penalty when a Presidential administration 
attacks children in our country?
  That is what is happening now at the border, as children are forcibly 
taken from their parents. Even if these children were being held in 
palatial splendor, nothing could make up for being taken from the only 
adult they have known since birth.
  Our country's policy has always been family unification. Breaking 
with that policy and with decency, Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions have 
devised a new deterrent for crossing the border to seek asylum.
  Says Jeff Sessions: ``If you're smuggling a child, then we're going 
to prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you.''
  If they want to attack border crossers, the Trump administration 
should pick on somebody their own size.

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