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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 14, 2023

My Democratic colleagues and I plan to ask you about these issues, and we stand ready and willing, as always, to work with you to address these challenges on behalf of the American people.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 14, 2023

Our asylum laws are the laws of the land. If you don't like them, you are in the right forum to change them.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 14, 2023

They revere their Presidential candidate, who admires dictators and despots, calling them 'capable', 'competent', and 'smart.'

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 14, 2023

To be sure, Republicans have failed at running the House of Representatives.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Nov 14, 2023

Together, we walked into Congress to pitch our plan. I can't tell you how many people told me it would never get done.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Nov 14, 2023

If you've taken a flight, received a package by airmail or enjoyed fresh foods shipped by air in the last 3 years, you can thank an aviation union for making sure that American aviation didn't collapse--and for holding corporate greed in…

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Nov 13, 2023

Together, we walked into Congress to pitch our plan. I can't tell you how many people told me it would never get done.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 13, 2023

In fact, the Biden administration and Secretary Mayorkas are going after the cartels and have implemented enhanced counter-trafficking and counter-smuggling efforts.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Nov 13, 2023

They agreed to stop stock buybacks. They agreed to halt dividend payments to shareholders. They agreed to cap executive compensation and bonuses.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 13, 2023

Addressing human smuggling and trafficking is a critically important challenge.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· Nov 13, 2023

If you've taken a flight, received a package by airmail or enjoyed fresh foods shipped by air in the last 3 years, you can thank an aviation union for making sure that American aviation didn't collapse--and for holding corporate greed in…

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 13, 2023

Unfortunately, based on their politically-charged rhetoric and baseless accusations about the Biden administration's border policies, I doubt my Republican colleagues intend to use this hearing to help find meaningful solutions.

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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Nov 13, 2023

More likely, my Republican colleagues have convened this hearing to mislead the American public about what the administration is doing to combat human smuggling and trafficking at the border.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith
@cindyhydesmith· Republican · MS· Nov 8, 2023

How many abortions for pregnant migrant girls has the Office of Refugee Resettlement facilitated across State lines over the past year, and what was that cost to taxpayers?

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Cindy Hyde-Smith
@cindyhydesmith· Republican · MS· Nov 8, 2023

the current border policies this administration has in place are failing terribly.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith
@cindyhydesmith· Republican · MS· Nov 8, 2023

is it fair to call the situation at the border a disaster? And this is, yes or no, that should take just 1 or 2 seconds.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith
@cindyhydesmith· Republican · MS· Nov 8, 2023

is it fair to call the situation at the border a disaster? And this is, yes or no, that should take just 1 or 2 seconds.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith
@cindyhydesmith· Republican · MS· Nov 8, 2023

this administration has is a policy problem, or perhaps more appropriately, an implementation of the law problem, not a funding problem.

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