Thank you all for swrojoining u today. The subcommittee will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. The decision to deport children with critical illnesses, a decision that was recently reversed following public outrage and pressure from the subcommittee. I will now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement then turn to the Ranking Member. We are here to get to the bottom of the administrations mysterious campaign to deport critically ill children and their families. It appears that this policy has thankfully been reversed. They rose up in an outcry at the cold humanity on display. Im going to treat this hearing not only as an honor to Elijah Cummings, but as a hearing in direct pursuit of a policy objective that was close to his heart. The threatened deportation of Sick Children was such an outrage the to chairman cummings that his last official act before his death was to issue subpoenas to hold the administration to his account.
Legal basis for directing National Security agencies to take such an extreme action. As we reported on this broadcast yesterday the New York Times lays out the multipronged effort by trump and his allies to get just one federal agency to bite and join the crusade to overturn the result by seizing machines. Trump reportedly tried to get doj to seize the machines and then rejected by ag bill barr so then a plan for the Defense Department to do it. Only to get pushback from white House Counsel and Lo And Behold his own lawyer Rudy Giuliani. So then giuliani was asked if he could look into whether dhs could seize the machines. Giuliani said, sure. He tried but then he too was rebuffed by secretary Ken Cuccinelli and now another attempt by trump to get an official to agree to the plan. The New York Times Reporting This, quote, Cuccinelli Who told giuliani that the Homeland Security department didnt have the authority to impound the machines later encountered trump at a meeting on a differen
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. February 4, 2022. I hereby appoint the honorable Madeleine Dean to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Spirit of the living god breath your grace and love into the business and the business of this day. Make us aware of our breath that we would inhale the refreshment of your peace. A peace we do not always and perhaps cannot fully understand. Then, help us to breathe out our anxiety and aggravations caused by the differences that divide us and the troubles of the world around us. Enable us to inhale your wisdom and exhale our pride, to take in your encouragement and to push out despair. Holy god, we invite you into our hearts and minds this day tha
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. February 4, 2022. I hereby appoint the honorable Madeleine Dean to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Spirit of the living god breath your grace and love into the business and the business of this day. Make us aware of our breath that we would inhale the refreshment of your peace. A peace we do not always and perhaps cannot fully understand. Then, help us to breathe out our anxiety and aggravations caused by the differences that divide us and the troubles of the world around us. Enable us to inhale your wisdom and exhale our pride, to take in your encouragement and to push out despair. Holy god, we invite you into our hearts and minds this day tha
Legal basis for directing National Security agencies to take such an extreme action. As we reported on this broadcast yesterday the New York Times lays out the multipronged effort by trump and his allies to get just one federal agency to bite and join the crusade to overturn the result by seizing machines. Trump reportedly tried to get doj to seize the machines and then rejected by ag bill barr so then a plan for the Defense Department to do it. Only to get pushback from white House Counsel and Lo And Behold his own lawyer Rudy Giuliani. So then giuliani was asked if he could look into whether dhs could seize the machines. Giuliani said, sure. He tried but then he too was rebuffed by secretary Ken Cuccinelli and now another attempt by trump to get an official to agree to the plan. The New York Times Reporting This, quote, Cuccinelli Who told giuliani that the Homeland Security department didnt have the authority to impound the machines later encountered trump at a meeting on a differen