Rogers Praises Democrat Cooperation with Nielsen

Statement

House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) today praised Chairman Bennie Thompson's (D-Miss.) decision to cooperate with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on finding a time for her to testify before the committee. Today's announcement that this weeks DHS oversight hearing will be rescheduled to March 6 follows a letter Rogers wrote to Thompson last week urging him to work with Secretary Nielsen to find a mutually agreeable time for her to testify.

The administration's plans about the future of border security are vitally important and the American public deserves to hear about these plans from Secretary Nielsen herself, Rogers said. Chairman Thompson's decision to cooperate with Secretary Nielsen to find a time for her to testify was the right one and is consistent with the committees constitutional mandate to conduct oversight over DHS. I look forward to hearing from Secretary Nielsen about the administration's plans for border security early next month.

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