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Dick Durbin: “After I asked Secretary Noem of the Department of Homeland…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Senator Durbin Delivers Remarks on Minneapolis Immigration Enforcement

Published | Video Starts at 07:39

In conclusion, as these negotiations continue to play out, I'll continue to do my part to hold the administration accountable. After I asked Secretary Noem of the Department of Homeland Security to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee all of last year, she refused. Now she says she just might be available in four weeks, find some time in her schedule to finally appear before a congressional committee in a public hearing and answer questions under oath about her mismanagement, tragic mismanagement of this agency. (07:39–07:50)

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Asserts that Secretary Noem refused to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee last year.

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