better in those issues, but that doesn t mean we shouldn t allow assisted dying were for people who are suffering intolerably and inadequately help them. there is a difficult question inadequately help them. there is a difficult question about inadequately help them. there is a difficult question about prior- difficult question about prior association prioritisation. 0ne difficult question about prior association prioritisation. one case about the four canadian veterans who in the autumn of 2022, it seems, were offered the possibility of assisted dying by a caseworker who looked at their individual circumstances. 0ne looked at their individual circumstances. one of them was a well known circumstances. 0ne of them was a well known para circumstances. one of them was a well known para 0lympian who said she was offered the option of dying ljy she was offered the option of dying by this health care employee after she said that she didn t have a ramp, a wheelchair ramp in her home and
seems it s been widely reported. they have floated ideas in their press about who they think we should swap and that s often how they use their state media, to float ideas. so there are conversations going on. but you re right the images you just showed in ukraine, the war crimes there, the unchecked aggression of the russians invading a free and democratic neighbor does make this harder but that doesn t mean we shouldn t keep supporting ukraine and get these folks home and do them both at the same time. congressman, i want to bring you back here. there s a humanitarian crisis at the southern border, compounded by title 42, remain in mexico. we ve seen a huge increase in the number of people crossing the border to try to have a new life in the united states and they re coming from places like haiti and cuba, venezuela, places we haven t seen a lot of people coming from across the
a point of debate. merrick garland the attorney general speaking earlier today addressed it, the idea of a criminal referral from your committee to the doj. he said, well it s up to the committee, it s not going to affect their investigation. some committee members i know are torn in this. of the change of you on this? should the committee make a definitive statement at the end of your work and these hearings whether there should be a criminal referral to the geology as to what you ve discovered? we have not had a big discussion on that yet as a committee. as the attorney general mentioned, there is really no statute that provides for a so-called criminal referral. that doesn t mean we shouldn t send a letter and giving her our viewpoint. i don t know what the committee will decide but it will be after we get a little bit more evidence that is still coming in. witnesses still being interviewed. and with everything in this
some committee members are torn on this. of the change of you on this? should the committee make a definitive statement at the end of your work and these hearings whether there should be a criminal referral to the geology as to what you ve discovered? we have not had a big discussion on that yet as a committee. as the attorney general mentioned, there is really no statute that provides for a so-called criminal referral. that doesn t mean we shouldn t send a letter and give him our viewpoint. i don t know what the committee will decide but it will be after we get a little bit more evidence that is still coming in. witnesses still being interviewed. and as with everything in this committee, we will have a thorough discussion. it s been a good experience, because we ve got members who started with one possession but we listen to each other. we evaluate the evidence. sometimes we are persuaded by
a criminal referral from your committee to the doj. he said, well, you know, it s up to the committee. it s not going to affect their investigation. i know some committee members are torn on this. have you changed your view on that? should the committee make a definitive statement at the end of these hearings, at the end of your work, on whether there should be a criminal referral to the doj based on what you discovered? we actually haven t had a big discussion on that as a committee, as the attorney general mentioned there s no real statute that provides for a so-called criminal referral. that doesn t mean we shouldn t send a letter and give them our viewpoint. you know, i don t know what the committee will decide, but i m confident that it will be after we ve got a little bit more of the evidence that is still coming in, witnesses still being interviewed. and as with everything in this committee, we ll have a thorough discussion and it s been a good experience because, you know,