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On 15 Feb 2022, "#DiaperDon" <diaperdon@jam.rr.com> posted some news:sugb6e$1b07l$52@news.freedyn.de:

Joe Biden is a fucking idiot and Kamala is a whore.

First field hearing on Texas border crisis is intended to give lawmakers a first-hand look at the communities affected by the influx of migrants

Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee are reportedly bailing from attending a field hearing in Texas about the border crisis.

Committee chairman Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., told Fox News about
Democratic members pulling out of the hearing, in which U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz was set to testify at.

"It’s deeply disappointing that the minority members of the Committee have chosen to bail on this week’s full committee field hearing in Texas, only
after they invited and confirmed a minority witness for one of the
panels," Green said. "The only message their absence sends is that they
are uninterested in coming to the table to have a conversation about the devastation that this border crisis is having on Americans and their communities across the country."

HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO HOLD FIRST FIELD HEARING ON BORDER
CRISIS IN TEXAS

He added that the committee will continue to encourage Democratic
colleagues to step out of the "DC echo chamber" to meet with Americans
about the biggest issues they face.

The House Homeland Security Committee announced last month that it would
hold its first field hearing on the crisis at the southern border on March
15, giving Republicans a chance to highlight what they say is the direct
link between the chaos and disorder at the border and the Biden administration’s policies.

The hearing is scheduled to take place in McAllen, Texas, and is in line
with Republican promises to close in on the crisis, now into its third
year.

MCCARTHY, IN ARIZONA, SAYS ‘NO-ONE BELIEVES’ BIDEN ADMIN'S CLAIM BORDER IS SECURE

The event also comes nearly a month after the committee held a "border
boot camp" in El Paso, Texas, and a full committee hearing on border
security.

Republicans have stressed the need for lawmakers to go into the
communities affected by the border crisis and see the consequences first-
hand to help shape legislation.

There were over 1.7 million migrant encounters in FY2021, and more than
2.3 million in FY2022. FY2023 has been on track to beat those numbers.

Adam Shaw contributed to this report.

<https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-homeland-security-committee- democrats-bail-texas-border-crisis-field-hearing>

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