April 8, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 60 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                    SECRETARY NIELSEN'S RESIGNATION

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, hallelujah.
  Yesterday evening, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen 
resigned. Good.
  Under the Trump administration and Secretary Nielsen, both of whom 
were empowered by my colleagues across the aisle, the United States of 
America ripped children away from their parents and put them into tent 
cities.
  Ripping children away from their parents and lying about it to the 
American people was evil, and it should have ended Secretary Nielsen's 
career a year ago. Then, in December 2018, two little children died in 
the custody of the Federal Government while under the care of Secretary 
Nielsen.
  She should have done the honorable thing at that time and resigned. 
Those children did not deserve to die. That will be Secretary Nielsen's 
legacy.
  Mr. Speaker, the next Secretary of Homeland Security must commit to 
laying out for the American people a plan of action that ensures our 
border policy respects human life, promotes safety and dignity, and 
reins in this administration's horrible policies.

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