there say vote going on. this is the way i handle the meeting. i m going to call on senator durbin because he has another important meeting he has to go to and so i want him to make his statement. then i ll make my statement. and then i ll introduce the first panel and then we won t do anything until mrs. feinstein gets here. so proceed, senator durbin. mr. chairman, thank you for doing this, this is out of order and for those that are new, i appreciate the courtesy extended to me by my friend from iowa. i have a ranking member of the defense appropriations subcommittee, we have a closed door hearing in a few minutes. but i wanted to be here today because this is the committee s first immigration hearing and i made a conscious choice. i did that for several reasons. first, i am the son of an immigrant. my mother came to this country at the age of 2. i m honored to be a first generation american. and if you ll come to my capitol hill office, you ll see proudly on my crew den
normally, i don t start a meeting until the ranking democrat gets here, but there s a vote going on, so this is the way i m going to handle the meeting. i will call on senator durbin because he has another important meeting he has to go too. i want him to make his statement and i ll make my statement and introduce the first panel and then we won t do anything until miss feinstein gets here. thank you, senator durbin. thank you. this is kind of out of order and for those new i appreciate the courtesy extended to me by my friend from iowa. i am a ranging member of a closed door subcommittee in a few minutes. i made a conscious choice to ask to be the ranking democratic member of the subcommittee. i did hat for several reason, first, i am the son of an immigrant. my mother came to this country at the age of 2. i am honored to be a first generation american. if you come to my capitol office you will see proudly on my credenza my mother s naturalization certificate, as a remin
i really appreciate it. coming up on c-span3, a senate hearing on k-1 visa fraud. the british house of commons and after that a look at the medicare independent payment advisory board. and later, legal scholars consider the record of supreme court nominee, judge neil gorsuch. k-1 visas allow a foreigner who is engaged to usa resident to become a u.s. resident and green cardholder. the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on fraud. this is an hour and 50 minutes. normally, i don t start a meeting until the ranking democrat gets here, but there s a vote going on, so this is the way i m going to handle the meeting. i will call on senator durbin because he has another important meeting he has to go too. i want him to make his statement and i ll make my statement and introduce the first panel and then we won t do anything until miss feinstein gets here. thank you, senator durbin. thank you. this is kind of out of order and for those new i appreciate the courtesy exte
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k-1 visas allow a foreigner who is engaged to usa resident to become a u.s. resident and green cardholder. the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on fraud. this is an hour and 50 minutes. normally, i don t start a meeting until the ranking democrat gets here, but there s a vote going on, so this is the way i m going to handle the meeting. i will call on senator durbin because he has another important meeting he has to go too. i want him to make his statement and i ll make my statement and introduce the first panel and then we won t do anything until miss feinstein gets here. thank you, senator durbin. thank you. this is kind of out of order and for those new i appreciate the courtesy extended to me by my friend from iowa. i am a ranging member of a closed door subcommittee in a few minutes. i made a conscious choice to ask to be the ranking democratic member of the subcommittee. i did hat for several reason, first, i am the son of an immigrant. my mother came to t