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Rob Portman is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the junior United States senator from Ohio, a position he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Portman previously represented Ohio's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005. He also served as the U.S. Trade Representative under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2006, where he focused on trade policy and international negotiations.
I join my colleague from Alaska in commending the U.S. Senate for confirming Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. I think he is the right person at the right time, and we need somebody there. There is too much going on around the world to…
But to the extent they are actual family members, those separations have to be something you have to seriously consider because of the impact on those kids and also, the responsibility then taken on by the government.
the President always tries to say that every child coming into this country is a gang member, which we know is total balderol, it is stupid, it is not true.
At a minimum let us stick to the facts. It is a problem. We have to deal with it.
Thank you. Briefly, in terms of the timing here, 26 months since we started this process, over a year since you promised it in your own Memorandum of Agreement.
Yes, we need to do more in terms of discouraging people through the push factors and the pull factors from coming to our country.
We also, though, need to be sure that they are showing up for their immigration proceedings.
So you have an agreement with the sponsor, they have to provide this--an agreement with you, HHS. The child does not show up, and you are not even notified.
What is your commitment you are going to make to us today as to when this Joint Concept of Operations agreement will be completed?
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