Congressman Vela appointed to serve as Deputy Head of the U.S. Delegation to NATO PA
Alice Echo News Journal
Washington, D.C. – Today, Dec. 9 Congressman Filemon Vela (TX-34) announced his appointment to serve as the Deputy Head of the United States Delegation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly (PA). The NATO PA is comprised of over 250 delegates from 30 NATO countries who provide oversight of NATO operations and act as a conduit between the alliance and legislators of member countries.
The bipartisan U.S. delegation to NATO PA, led by Congressman Gerald Connolly (VA-11), sends a clear message to our Allies that the Congress and the American public stand firmly behind them.
key, which works hand in hand with health and human services and orr. we were denied by security access. but congressman vela was allowed inside. what he describes is just simply heartbreaking. he said he saw about 80 children, all under 10 years old, a mix of boys and girls. a child as young as 5 years old. and most chilling, he saw a room dedicated to children under the age of 1. rooms with toddlers. so there s no question that even children underneath the age of 1 are being separated from their families. reporter: over the weekend, customs and border protection said it is not their policy to separate any child under 4 years old if the parent does not have a criminal history. the issue is now under the zero tolerance policy, anyone who crosses illegally is considered a criminal and they have the discretion to separate the children from their parents. john, alisyn.
horrible deportation policies, to reshift this rhetoric with respect to the country of mexico, you know, i think if we can reshift that rhetoric that then maybe there are things we can do together moving forward. but for now, you know, we just have to see. it s difficult to tell what we re going to expect tonight. congressman vela, thank you for being with us. and a little bit of news from the congressman now, who he is going to bring, jose andreas, to the speech. that will be interesting to see, to say the least. take a look at this. we have wilbur ross, the commerce secretary, being sworn in by the vice president, mike pence, just moments ago in washington. another key member of the president s cabinet making it through the senate confirmation process. we ll be right back. my advice for looking younger, longer? get your beauty sleep. and use aveeno® absolutely ageless® night cream with active naturals® blackberry complex.
particularly on this issue, you have democrats that are asking for the president to come to the border, both congressman vela and congressman henry quellar have asked him to come. without talking about the prescription of what to do about stemming the surge, stemming this flood that you think is so important and then also dealing with this crisis of all of these kids on the border, him showing up at the border, that s not going to do anything about it. it s got to be dealt with either with governors like yourself or through congress. so actions are really important. yeah. and unless we see this president acting and the american people are going to think that he does not care about securing the border, i think that s the real political issue for this president. i think it makes sense for a president or a governor to go to the site of a natural disaster armahnmade disaster. i don t understand why the
first, put mccaul-thompson on the floor for a vote. second, we need to give customs and border protection help at the detention facilities because they really need support from the standpoint of processing the number of children who are coming through, and i think we need more space, we need more people, we need more computers and that sort of thing. all right, congressman vela of texas, thank you for being here. thank you. after the break, an award-winning filmmaker shares his perspective on what s really driving central american immigrants into the u.s. to begin with. and we continue to monitor capitol hill where the senate appropriations committee will conduct a hearing on the president s $3.7 billion request to address the humanitarian crisis at the border. shoulder pain. .and a choice take 6 tylenol in a day which is 2 aleve for. .all day relief. hmm. [bell ring] roll sound!