Immigration. He said the Trump Administration would have to double the number of Immigration Judges to work through the large number of pending cases. The subcommittee on immigration and Border Security will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to todays hearing on oversight of the executive office for immigration review. And now i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Todays oversight hearing focuses on a critical facet of u. S. Immigration policy. The executive office for immigration review or eoyr is the lynchpen as it administers of other components the u. S. Immigration courts and the court of appeals. We must ensure our Immigration Laws are interpreted as congress intended. As a former immigration who regularly appeared in Immigration Court i certainly appreciate how important it is that the courts are administered effect 11 and a way that maximizes daca management and minimizes fraud and
Review. And now i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Todays oversight hearing focuses on a critical facet of u. S. Immigration policy. The executive office for immigration review or eoyr is the lynchpen as it administers of other components the u. S. Immigration courts and the court of appeals. We must ensure our Immigration Laws are interpreted as congress intended. As a former immigration who regularly appeared in Immigration Court i certainly appreciate how important it is that the courts are administered effect 11 and a way that maximizes daca management and minimizes fraud and lay. Unfortunately eoyr has been consistently plagued with problems. During the past administration the department of justices Inspector Generals Office found the office engaged in nepotism and other disturbing practices. It made it impossible to focus on much needed imp provement. Additionalally a 2014 serve crash paralyzed the courts nationwide for several weeks. Again necessitating the allocation
It seems that north korea, this situation, is getting pretty grave. We are just in the early stages of executing. Very deliberate strategy. The president says a m conflict with north korea is possible. Do you think its likely that the u. S. Is headed for a military confrontation . All scenarios are on the table so it is all up to north korea. House leaders shelved the vote on Gop Health Care legislation. That cleared the way for the budget vote. I think were making very good progress. Were going to go when we have the vote snooze two u. S. Army rangers have been killed and a third soldier wounded fighting isis in afghanistan in a raid against the terror group. I honestly it not understand why the white house is covering up for Michael Flynn. But all of that clearance was made by the obama during the Obama Administration. Any regrets about Michael Flynn . United airlines has reached a settlement with a man removed from the flight. The financial terms have not been made public. Macedonia
And nasdaq up by 12. This comes after a big up week for the markets where nasdaq was up 2. 3 across 6,000. Closed the week at 6,047. The dow was almost up by 2 . Closed very close to 21,000. Were going to continue to watch, as we get closer to the opening bell. Take a look at crude oil prices as well. Crude oil was down about 29 cents. The big story was it was below 50 for many days last week. This morning, its down another 16 cents to 49. 17. Let get you ready for the first trading week of may. The agenda chockfull of Economic Data and earning reports, the ism manufacturing and construction spending, tomorrow, april auto sales, Paychex Small Business jobs and wednesday, adp, Service Index and fed decision at 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. Thursday, q1 productivity and factory orders, friday, april jobs reports. As for earning, more than 100 companies in the s p 500 reporting. The big names to watch, include conocophillips, merck, apple, facebook, tesla, kellogg and cbs. More than the holdin
Appropriation committee which we will hear in the fiscal year 2018 budget request. I am grateful that you and the attorney general brought the leadership to the og. Your input is helpful and necessary as we reviewed the priorities for the Justice Department to ensure that National Security and Law Enforcement is funded appropriately and sufficiently. This is a challenging budget climate as you know. Violent crime has risen and terrorists have escalated fiscal constraints. The president proposes to decrease funding at the department of justice for 630 million in a team for the new total of 28. 3 billion. Since the start of the new administration in the early days of the tenure as Deputy Attorney general, im pleased the department is refocusing on the core mission of enforcing a donations constitution and newly enacted laws. Its critical to target the finite lawenforcement resources towards the worst criminals in our society and i agree with the attorney generals productive to go after t