To the bottom get of the campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears this policy has thankfully been reversed after congress and the American People outcry at the cold inhumanity on display in this policy. I am going to treat this hearing is not only an honor of the memory of our late beloved chairman, elijah cummings, but as a hearing indirect pursuit of a policy directive that was close to his heart, the threatened deportation of Sick Children that his very last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to account. On wednesday, in the waning hours of his life through all pain and difficulty, chairman cummings recognized the stain this policy would leave on our nation, and he made holding the government accountable his final official act. And we now have a sacred obligation to follow through on his subpoenas to make sure that we defend some of the most Vulnerable People on the planet, Sick Children who have come as s
The administrations decision to support children with Critical Illness is a decision that was recently reversed following public outrage and pressure from the subcommittee that i will now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement and then i will turn to the Ranking Member. We are here to get to the bottom of the administrations mysterious campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears this policy has thankfully been reversed after congress and the American People rose up in an outcry with full inhumanity on display in this policy. Im going to treat this hearing is not only an honor in the memory of her late beloved chairman Elijah Cummings but as a hearing in direct pursuit of a policy objective that was close to his heart that threatened deportation of Sick Children was that such outreach chairman cummings that his last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to account. On wednesday in the waning
Discrimination is still in issue. You can read the full results at cspan. Org. Up next, the acting director of u. S. Citizenship and immigration cuccinelli spoke to reporters at an event hosted by the Christian Science monitor. Good morning, i am linda feldman. Actingst today is ken, director of the u. S. Bureau and Immigration Services. This is his first appearance at a monitor breakfasts. Welcome. Now a bit of background. He was born in edison, new jersey and grew up in virginia where he graduated fromuva and earned a law degree from george mason university. In 2002, he won a special election to this eight senate from fairfax county. In 2009 he was a let it attorney general for the commonwealth of virginia. Mr. Cuccinellis time as attorney general and him a reputation as a staunch conservative, which he parlayed for a bid for the governorship. He has remained in politics serving as head of the Senate Conservative fund super pac, and as an advisor to ted cruz. In june, President Trump
Cspan audience, and i want to welcome them again. We are grateful that cspan is here. Im sure it has quite a bit to do with our next guest here, chairman pai, but we are glad all of you are here. So in keeping, chairman pai knows that i do this because hes been here before. Hes got an illustrious biography. I could go on and on and on about it, but weve got it in the brochure. And for those of you that are in the cspan audience, our brochure is on the website, on the homepage of the website. Its got sec chairman ajit pai bio in it. So i commend that to you but i would just say, state what everyone here knows that chairman pai serve as a commissioner prior to assuming the chairmanship of the sec. How soon after the inauguration, was that two days later . It was on a monday, january 233. So about three days after. Three days he was appointed by President Trump to be chair of the fcc. What i will say about chairman pai is this, without going over each of the particular offices which you c
To welcome them again. Were grateful that cspan is here. Im sure it has quite a bit to do with our next guest here, chairman pai, but were glad all of you, all of you are here. So in keeping chairman pai knows that i do this because hes been here before. Hes got an illustrious biography, i could go on and on and on about it, but weve got it in the brochure, for those of you who are in the cspan audience, our brochure is on the website, on the home page of the website. Its got fcc chairman ajit pais bio in it. So i commend that to you, but you know, i would just say, to state what everyone here knows, that chairman pai served as a commissioner prior to assuming the chairmanship of the fcc. How soon after the inauguration, was that two days later . It was on a monday, january 23rd, so about three days after. About three days, he was appointed by President Trump to be chair of the fcc. You know, what i will say about chairman pai is this, without going over each of the particular offices