U.S. State Secretaries of State

Every day since that announcement was made, and even before, they wake up terrified.

You are aware, though, that the unaccompanied minor issue, as it has been playing out in the last few years, is not about the children of Mexico or Canada; it is about Central American countries and, in fact, the five top murder capitals…

When you are running a large agency, you cannot run it just from the top down. It also has to be from the bottom up.

Current DHS policy prohibits enforcement actions at or near sensitive locations such as hospitals, schools, and churches.

Will you commit to this Committee, if confirmed, that you will make that interpretation, which is that that information will not be shared for enforcement purposes, that you will make that policy position clear to all members and employees…

Will you commit to keeping those records during the duration of our investigation?

It is critically important that this Committee have access to all of the information it needs to understand the Russia propaganda in the 2016 election.

That can lead to death.

I would like as a follow up from each who has information about the incidents that we are also hearing of people in Puerto Rico drinking water from Superfund sites because of their desperation to get drinking water, and, obviously, there…

Let us make sure that it is clear that everyone will be counted. Their information will not be shared with law enforcement.

There are a lot of folks who are very distrustful of our government, distrustful of institutions, distrustful of leadership in government

Senator Carper and I sent a letter to the Census on May 22nd asking information about why the Census decided not to include a question about sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI).

You believe it would be illegal for the data to be used for any other purpose other than the purpose of the Census

The spirit behind it should be that everyone counts. No one should go uncounted, and no one should be invisible.

It is critically important that we put as many resources as possible into improving the confidence that people have about their relationship with their government

The vote that I witnessed this morning gives them reason to be cynical.

I find this outrageous. I find it outrageous.

The recent wildfires in my home State have been devastating to California.

For every dollar the economy gains roughly $2.

Do you understand you would not be in violation of the law to continue the practice of ensuring that Federal employees are trained to avoid, to detect, and to report discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation?

I am glad you mentioned women, which are only 33 percent of the SES positions in the Federal Government.

So I think you know, we all know, that it's very important that politics not shape the work that we do in our intelligence agencies and in the intelligence community.

Will you commit to this committee that if ever you are in any way talked with or anyone indicates that they hope you might do one thing or another, that you will report that to this committee?

Are you going to wait for permission from the ethics to exercise your discretion as it relates to other matters?