Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee are skipping a hearing in Texas on Wednesday, marking the second instance this year of a group of congressional Democrats refusing to attend an official field hearing at the border with Republicans.
Committee ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson said Democrats made the decision “after careful consideration” and accused Republicans of “traveling to the border to attack the Administration” instead of going on a “fact-finding mission.”
“Unfortunately, it has become clear that Republicans planned to politicize this event from the start, breaking with the Committee’s proud history of bipartisanship,” ThompsonHe added that Republicans were trying “to score political points with their extreme rhetoric – despite having voted against the resources border personnel need.”in the busy Rio Grande Valley Border Sector, means they will miss the opportunity to question a key federal witness of the ongoing migration crisis, U.S.
Committee chairman Rep. Mark Green called their decision “deeply disappointing” in a statement provided to Breitbart News, noting Democrats had also invited and confirmed their own witness, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official Steven Cagan, for one of the hearing’s panels before announcing they would not be present for the event.
“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,” Green said. “We will continue to encourage our Democrat colleagues to get out of the DC echo chamber and meet Americans where they are to discuss the biggest issues facing them.
Homeland Security Committee member Rep. August Pfluger , who represents a portion of central Texas, also called his Democrat colleague’s decision to pass on the hearing “disappointing.”Disappointing to learn that Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are boycotting our hearing on the border this week.
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