U.S. State Secretaries of State

These actions frankly seem to be targeted at dedicated public servants and I think have the potential to really harm the American public.

We urge your opposition to S. 3157 (Thune & Schatz), the STREAMLINE Act.

Will no longer be enforced under this administration.

Making sure we have an even playing field no matter where a voter lives in Minnesota is very important.

As Senator Klobuchar alluded to, Minnesota is proudly old school. We have paper ballots, and that is the bedrock of our system in Minnesota.

We passed that test, which is great. But we know and we found out after the election that Minnesota was one of the 21 states that was targeted by elements acting at the behest of the Russian Government.

In my judgment, election security in general, and cybersecurity in particular, poses the number-one threat to the integrity of our elections.

Can you please provide to this Committee an analysis of what is going on and what plan you have to investigate those cases of sexual abuse...

OK. And then also between fiscal year 2012 and March 2018, it is our understanding--

Can you please submit to this Committee a current assessment----

We do have a policy in this country, as a general matter in the justice system, that if someone breaks the law they will be prosecuted.

I would like it to be broken down between what you doing for children over the age of 4 and what you are doing for children under the age of 4.

And what steps are being taken, if you can tell me, to ensure that once separated, parent and child, that there will be an opportunity to at least sustain communication between the parent and their child?

And so my question, then, is, when you are separating children from their parents, do you have a protocol in place about how that should be done?

I can appreciate that, but if that parent has a 4-year-old child, what do you plan on doing with that child?

So your agency will be separating children from their parents, and I would----

Can you provide that to me?

What purpose have you been given for separating parents from their children?

The agency has released a directive that allows for more detention of pregnant women to immigrant detention facilities.

DHS has rescinded the DACA program, putting 700,000 young people at risk of deportation.

I am extremely concerned about the Administration's repeated attacks on some of the most vulnerable communities, and, in particular, children and pregnant women, as it relates to the work of DHS.

I hope they have theirs.

I would urge that we get that information and, in particular, inform our colleagues who represent those five States and make sure they are aware of the seriousness of this issue.

Can you followup with this Committee and give us a timeline on when those 30 State officials will receive their permanent clearance, taking into account all the variables?