and we could have done that easily tomorrow or even next week. in fact, people who voted no included the chair of the appropriations committee and the two lead negotiators from the appropriations subcommittee. so the people who actually knew what was going on voted no because we knew we had a better provision in the house bill that, again, i think it s not a democratic or republican issue to say a contractor who has these horrific conditions if they keep it up, they shouldn t have a contract. is that the main difference between the house bill which had more accountability than the senate bill? and it took some of the other conditions that some facilities have to abide by to all facilities. so you really wouldn t be able to get away with this no soap, no toothbrush, sleeping on the floor, concrete floor with a blanket. we would have had a better provisions for the children who are there. the best situation is not to have children detained this long in these facilities. so, again,
cold floors. cold floors. having no hygiene. no toothbrushes, no soap. 7, 8-year-olds having to take care of 2, 3-year-olds who don t have diapers or walking around in dirty diapers. this is deplorable. and i i just wonder what the president and the republican members of congress are going to do about it. i mean, there have to be republican senators that have children and grandchildren who actually understand that it doesn t matter what color these children s skin is. they re just as precious in god s sight as their own children and grandchildren. joe, every day for many, many weeks now we read anecdotal reports, actual news reports coming from the board and coming from various detention camps. that s what they are, detention camps. holding children from the age of
neo nay the tall ward. there is sno soap. just bottled water. so these babies are jaundiced, right? and so they re going to get photo therapy. the newborns have to share an incubator. increasing their risk of infection. doctors and nurses are also in short supply. leaving mothers to step in and lend a hand. at this point in time, even if we got more bins here to fill numbers of patients, we don t have the staff. when you look at doctors like dr. naila who could be overseas, are you impressed? i m not just impressed. i m awe inspired by them. this is a passion that i, the doctors that person in these hospitals, those are the real heroes. heroes armed with little more