Joaquin Castro: “Can I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.”

Overclassification undermines critical democratic objectives, such as increasing transparency to promote an informed citizenry and greater accountability.

We have seen and we have witnessed the brutality on the streets of America by ICE. We saw two Americans killed, and many people brutalized. Just the other day, in the San Francisco Airport, we saw a mother who was ripped away from her…

The annual reports submitted by the Department of State under this provision have not, for at least a decade, provided the specific calculated figure the statute requires.

These are many times the providers for the family. They’re not just taking out the dad; they’re taking out the Latino family, and it’s really struck a nerve.