Committee member lashes out at testimony, accuses opponents of "open borders" policy

A member of the House Committee on the Judiciary criticized testimony at a committee hearing, calling it “one of the most disgusting testimonies I've ever heard” and accusing opponents of causing families to come to the United States by pursuing “open borders.”

The committee member began by thanking the chairman and the witnesses for appearing and sharing their family stories, then said the earlier testimony was offensive. “To have Hank come in here and lecture Angel families about how they shouldn't be here, how we shouldn't be holding this hearing. What the hell is wrong with you guys?” the member said.

The member explicitly blamed the policies of the opposing side: “The reason they're here is because of open borders that you guys perpetrated for 4 years,” the member said, presenting that assertion as a direct charge against those the speaker addressed. The remark frames the families’ presence as the result of a policy choice, according to the transcript.

The speaker continued with strongly partisan language, saying it was "sickening" to hear what they characterized as a "MAGA Republican idiotic low-IQ lecture," and criticized the earlier witness for “whining about which seats they're in.”

The excerpted portion of the hearing contains heated rhetoric but does not record any formal motions, votes, or procedural rulings. The committee member's statements in this excerpt were delivered as part of the verbal exchange recorded in SEG 001–SEG 021.

No response to the accusations appears in the provided transcript excerpt.