This got under way a few moments ago. His mother fears returning to ghana now would be, quote, signing my sons death warrant. Serena badia, a 14yearold with a congenital heart condition has already gone beyond the Life Expectancy given to her by doctors in spain. Actually, i think shes 16. Shell correct us. An 8yearold girl in miami surfing from nerve cancer relies on her dad to take her to monthly treatments in new york. Her father needs deferred action to stay with his daughter. A man in venezuela has been able to care for his wife who suffers from a blood brain malformation and his daughter has neurobl neuroblastoma. This new policy threatens sick immigrants who may be forced to leave america and end their lifesaving treatment. It threatens u. S. Citizens and lawful residents who rely on immigrant Family Members for financial and emotional support while theyre here. It threatens crucial medical research and progress by undermining Clinical Trials that rely on the participation of im
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
Supplemented. Madam chair, i yield time to the gentleman from texas. The chair the gentleman from texas is recognized. I thank the gentleman from maryland. I appreciate my friend from new yorks concern about this important issue thats obviously paramount for the nation, her state, and the union is touched by the tragedy of the opioid abuse. Mr. Roy i do want to i do want to point out, as i ourk has been made clear by continued lack of dealing with the crisis at our border, that the impact on the opioid problem by the trafficking going on at our southern boarder is significant. And i think we all agree on that. We all recognize that. My colleague from new york and i have sat in oversight hearings where weve had witnesses there where we talk about the massive increase over the last several years in the amount of narcotics that are coming through our southern border. And this is just something that i hope we can have a bipartisan understanding and agreement on about addressing. And actual