The union between the two democracies, and we look forward to the next chapter in his extraordinary life. May it be as remarkable as those that preceded it. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the majority leader of the United States senate of the honorable harry reid. [applause] today we are gathered to honor a man whos dedicated his entire life to making the world a better place. I see in the audience senator dick durbin. He was with a group of senators that i left the middle east. I told senator durbin and others at the time that they were going to have an opportunity to meet demand that i had such a deep respect and admiration for. In fact no one has been more inspirational to me than demand that we honor today. We still talk about that meeting that we had with shimon peres and the view that he had of the world. But is it any wonder i think so highly of this man seven decades of Public Service should be an inspiration to us all and it is. We have heard his tenure of service in 50 year
This crisis. I look forward to our continuing conversation this morning, thank you. Thank you. I would like to take a few minutes away from this hearing to talk about someone who was a dear friend of mine, a mentor and a member of the house Judiciary Committee, my predecessor representing the sixth district of virginia congressman m. Caldwell butler passed away last night around midnight. He served with a special election in 1972 until his retirement at the beginning of 1983 he served on this committee that entire time, and he served here with great distinction at a time when this committee went through some very difficult issues, including his being very actively involved in the watergate investigation and in the impeachment proceedings relating to former president richard nixon. He was a Public Servant in the truest sense of the word. He has given immeasurably to his country, his state and his community roanoke, virginia, where he lived his entire life and to which he was extremely d
Brother, whatever of the child and have used that to try to traffic the children into the country for labor and sex trafficking. Right now, the policy is to separate extended policy. C. s. U separate the u. A. They do not have a parent or guardian available to them. This is not often cash but debt that the child is expected to work up upon arrival. Many of these children if they are not trafficked yet, they are on the road to be trafficked here in the United States where they are vulnerable with the people whom they are with or the smugglers they have paid to have their families back home at the but of a gun. Questions and comments . I understand the supplemental that is being proposed by the republicans in the house is 900 million, two thirds of the money dedicated to border security. The other portion to services to children. I understand it is not free and clear money. We have to cut other places in the budget and one area we are cutting our state Department Programs which would ass
Manner. That said, the Legal Standard to establish credible fear is obviously a threshold standard that only then qualifies the individual for later adjudication. Those later adjudications are now riser to approval rates that approach 70 , which is, to my knowledge, much higher than it has been in previous years. And in acknowledging that concern, chairman, i look forward to a continuing conversation about this issue. The chair thanks the gentleman. Time has expired and the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. Conyers for his questions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Would you discuss director rodriguez, the sheer numbers we are talking about . How many young people have come across our southwest border so far this year and last year and the year before . Congressman, i apologize that as i sit before you, i cant tell you the specific numbers. Certainly those numbers have grown over time. They remain essentially in the tens of thousands, but it is the fact that those numbers cont
A blizzard in the northeast. We missed the boat on all those things and got off pretty easy. It is just light rain this morning. Along the potomac is where the edge of the steady rain is beginning to end. Spotty showers still in fairfax and manassas, but that will not amount to much. The steady rain should be coming to an end by 9 00. We should all be done and just dealing with cloudy conditions. It will be a cloudy day, but a very mild day with temperatures in the 50s. 57 expected in d. C. We are keeping a close eye on a wet snow, suite rain, wednesday. Sleet. Now to jamee to look at their throats. A quiet the roads. Here we are on 395 passing route 1 110 heading towards the district, no problems. In the district, dealing with an abandoned house fire in northeast d. C. At field place just off eastern ave. The Eastern Avenue is closed at burrows ave. Addison road, that will work for you. In maryland, 270, theres road spray. Back to you. As we deal with their rain in d. C. , and other p