Dick Durbin: “At this point, I would like to take the prerogative of the chair to introduce one of the nominees who will be before us…”

We ask that you immediately provide all committee records that you have withheld, commit to fully complying with Senate Rules XXVI and XXVII going forward, and apologize to Mr. Smith on behalf of the Committee.

To leave here without this being a law finalized to protect these young people … is painful, really painful. I don’t want them to feel like I’m abandoning them.

These changes threaten to undermine the work of the FBI and pose a grave risk to the Bureau’s integrity.

Transferring immigrants to Guantánamo Bay is simply unlawful, and worse yet, inhumane.