Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees, spoke on the Senate floor on July 9, 2014, to respond to Republican attacks blaming the President's policies for the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border. Senator Coons urged action to address the real cause of the problem -- the surge in violence forcing child refugees to flee, as well as House Republicans' failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform.