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At anytime today [inaudible] including for particularly ill children. We have a number of members who are waiting on today and delighted to have them without objection i will wave on [inaudible] all members of the broader i now recognize myself for five minutes with an opening statement. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and their families who come from all over the country today. I want to thank them for testifying. It is hard to imagine what the past month has been like for you and for your family and i appreciate you coming forward bravely to share your stories with us. I want to extend my gratitude to ms. Presley for their excellent efforts to address this current turn of events and want to thank our other witnesses for coming today. We are here to discuss the Trump Administrations decisions to deport critically ill children and their families from our country. This policy is completely at odds with American Values to receive lifesaving treatment from our pioneering doctors an
Broader i now recognize myself for five minutes with an opening statement. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and their families who come from all over the country today. I want to thank them for testifying. It is hard to imagine what the past month has been like for you and for your family and i appreciate you coming forward bravely to share your stories with us. I want to extend my gratitude to ms. Presley for their excellent efforts to address this current turn of events and want to thank our other witnesses for coming today. We are here to discuss the Trump Administrations decisions to deport critically ill children and their families from our country. This policy is completely at odds with American Values to receive lifesaving treatment from our pioneering doctors and hospitals and researchers and we do not expect the government to implement life denying. Last month without notifying congress the u. S. Citizen and immigration services, u. S. Dif, denied all nonmilitary deferre
Broader i now recognize myself for five minutes with an opening statement. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and their families who come from all over the country today. I want to thank them for testifying. It is hard to imagine what the past month has been like for you and for your family and i appreciate you coming forward bravely to share your stories with us. I want to extend my gratitude to ms. Presley for their excellent efforts to address this current turn of events and want to thank our other witnesses for coming today. We are here to discuss the Trump Administrations decisions to deport critically ill children and their families from our country. This policy is completely at odds with American Values to receive lifesaving treatment from our pioneering doctors and hospitals and researchers and we do not expect the government to implement life denying. Last month without notifying congress the u. S. Citizen and immigration services, u. S. Dif, denied all nonmilitary deferre
Next, deborah tice spoke about her son, austin, who has been detained in syria for 11 years. The discussion focused on journalists detained internationally and strategies the u. S. Government can use to bring them home. This conversation was hosted by the National Press club and runs an hour and 15 minutes. Of and s one hour 15 minutes. Will do that. Well do that. Good morning, everyone. Im eileen oreilly, president of the National Press club, managing editor of standards and training at axios. Today we meet in a light filled comfortable room surrounded by friends and colleagues. 6000 miles away, austin tice is marking his 11th year away from family, friends, and colleagues and is likely not in a comfortable situation. He was doing very important journalism, covering what was happening in syria when he was taken august 14 of 2012 and has not yet been freed. This is a tragedy of unthinkable proportion. Let us pause for a minute to give our thoughts to austin and his family today. Thank