Did everything exactly the way you were supposed to do it. And this debate largely driven by the most sympathetic of all those groups, and that group of people who came here, who were brought here by someone else, often their own parents, who were brought here by someone else, who entered the country illegally but have grown up in america. Now, my First Response to that and i think the response of most americans when theyve thought about that is kids who grew up here, kids who went to school here, kids who havent gotten in bad trouble while they were here, kids who have no real memory or connection with the country that they were brought from, of course we want them to stay. Of course we want them to be part of our economy. Of course we want them to be part of a vital and because they are who they are an, an even younger society, then we would be without them, why would we want that to happen. So we have two issues here. The idea of people who are raised here who have done everything t
At the same time address this issue of chain migration. You know, i have to call on my colleagues and President Trump to really stop using that term and abandon the offensive and misleading term of chain migration because it paints a picture that does not reflect reality. Immigrants cant sponsor entire families to come here. Our system allows american citizens and green card holders to join their families in the United States. There are numerous steps that families must take to legally immigrate to the United States. It is a long and arduous process that leaves husbands, wives, brothers, parents, waiting for decades. Many people die before they have a chance to be reunited with their loved ones again. So this image of immigrants coming in chains across our border couldnt be farther from the truth. The Immigration Service is processing visa applicationings for u. S. Citizens from 1994. That is 24 years ago. This backlog is painful for Many American families like feli. Feli is an immigra
The state of the union address, tuesday night live on cspan. Listen live with the cspan radio a. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Held a field hearing of the 2018 washington auto show to examine technologies for making cars more energy efficient. Witnesses from gm, toyota, Oak Ridge National laboratory, and the center for Automotive Research testified. This is one hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. It is a unusual to be at the Convention Center point Energy Hearing but it is appropriate given the subject matter we have today. But it is a great setting surrounded by the latest and greatest the Auto Industry has to offer. And from the great state of michigan has encouraged me that the washington auto show is good the Detroit Auto Show is great. [laughter] so that may be the locale on the same subject. I appreciate you sitting in. I understand that senator manchin will be with us but he is enjoy
Ago or 30 minutes ago. The committee on sign, space and technology will come to order. Theyre authorized to declare recesses at any time. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing entitled the Great American eclipse to totalality and beyond. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement but im going to submit most of my prepared statement for a record. We will be inspired by our Witnesses Today and harnessing the enthusiasm for the eclipse we saw when people really came together. I know my husband had was with the cereal box doing this. So we really are excited to see this whole generation of students who are interested in this and like the now translate that into stem careers. Excited to hear from our Witnesses Today. Im going to shorten up and submit my statement for the record and then im going to now recognize the Ranking Member from california for his Opening Statement. Thank you, madam chairwoman. The eclipse was absolutely exciting, right . On august 21st i went to the Power Hous
The committee on sign, space and technology will come to order. Theyre authorized to declare recesses at any time. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing entitled the Great American eclipse to totalality and beyond. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement but im going to submit most of my prepared statement for a record. We will be inspired by our Witnesses Today and harnessing the enthusiasm for the eclipse we saw when people really came together. I know my husband had was with the cereal box doing this. So we really are excited to see this whole generation of students who are interested in this and like the now translate that into stem careers. Excited to hear from our Witnesses Today. Im going to shorten up and submit my statement for the record and then im going to now recognize the Ranking Member from california for his Opening Statement. Thank you, madam chairwoman. The eclipse was absolutely exciting, right . On august 21st i went to the Power House Science Center in sac