Pramila Jayapal

The State Department is required by law under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 to provide quarterly reporting on implementation of the Muslim ban.

It's impossible for me to look at--I would love to have those numbers in hand because, as of this morning, that report was not posted.

Zero Venezuelans have been subjected to the ban period, so they wouldn't have to be considered for a waiver, correct?

As of March 2019, the approval rate for North Koreans was 72 percent, correct?

Among Iranians, the approval rate for a waiver is 1.3 percent, correct?

There isn't a process for an individual to affirmatively apply for a waiver and provide documentation on these three factors, correct?

Therefore, it's essentially not discriminatory.

I was one of the first Members to go to the Sea-Tac Airport, and it was absolute chaos.

I think very disturbing to me, that $1.3 billion in taxpayer money is potentially going to be continued for an agency that has wasted that money as far as we can see from everything that has been put forward.

But you are aware that Mark Brown, the head of the Education Department's Office of Federal Student Aid, called FedLoan's performance 'wholly unacceptable' in an April 2019 letter to the company?

I would have really liked to ask him questions, especially given that FedLoan's performance under its contract with the Department of Education has, frankly, been abysmal.

$1.3 billion in taxpayer money is potentially going to be continued for an agency that has wasted that money.

The fact that these warnings were even issued I think shows serious malfeasance at FedLoan.

You realize that is a less than 1 percent approval rate, correct?

I do think it is unfortunate that the CEO of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency... is not here.

But you are aware that Mark Brown... called FedLoan's performance 'wholly unacceptable' in an April 2019 letter to the company?

It was a promise, it was a contract, people followed the rules and then at the end of the game, they were told that they didn't qualify.

When we refuse to acknowledge the structural biases that are within our institutions, when we refuse to acknowledge the institutionalized racism that exists within all systems here in government, in law enforcement, in every system, ... we…

In closing, this is commonsense, bipartisan legislation to help deaf-blind students across the country. I am so proud that the House is considering this legislation today. I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I think the American people need to understand that when one record is collected, one target is collected, that means you are collecting enormous amounts of call records with just that one target.

The President does have something to hide, because the White House is directing you not to answer the questions

MPP has to come to an end, and we need to be calling for an end.

It is a bit of a sham really because you are in a courtroom but you don't get representation, incredibly complex law.

I think it is an absolute outrage that we call it a protection protocol because there is no protection for the migrants that are there.

The administration has actually done nothing. They have in fact done the opposite.