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Politician
Aug. 1, 2018
Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence."
Sen. Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018
Family Internment
Sen. Jeff Merkley
Aug. 1, 2018
Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp.""
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono
Sen. Mazie Hirono
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018
Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018
Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group in Introducing Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children
Sen. Susan Collins
July 29, 2018
Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Neomi Rao, Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Request Extension for Public Comment Period on Title X Gag Rule
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2018
Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Meet a Second Deadline to Reunite Separated Children with Their Parents
Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018
Castro Statement on Administration's Failure to Meet Second Court-Ordered Family Reunification Deadline
Rep. Joaquin Castro
July 27, 2018
Tweet - ".@POTUS must abide by the court ruling and reunite these children with their families. He must work to address this unnecessary crisis of his own making. It is shameful that @HouseGOP has done nothing to address these forced separations of parents & children."
Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018
New Bipartisan ChiPACC Act Provides Better Medicaid Coverage to Children in Need
Rep. Michael McCaul, ...
July 27, 2018
Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world."
Sen. Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration has now missed two court-imposed deadlines & failed to #ReuniteEveryChild. This policy is reprehensible, morally outrageous, & a form of child abuse that will affect these children for many years to come. http://bit.ly/2OltS8w #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Rep. Steny Hoyer
July 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health Committee on Energy and Commerce - Pallone & Green Renew Demand for Public Hearing on Children Separated from Their Families
Rep. Frank Pallone, ...
July 26, 2018
Dingell, Kuster Criticize DHS for Failing to Answer Questions on Separated Children
Rep. Debbie Dingell, ...
July 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Schiff Asks HHS for Update on Implementation of HIPAA Provisions Allowing Providers to Share Health Information with Families During Certain Crisis Situations
Sen. Adam Schiff
July 26, 2018
Luján, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Strengthen Kids' Access to Health Care
Sen. Ben Luján, ...
Date
Title
Politician
Aug. 1, 2018
Tweet - "Trump Administration ignored warnings from their agency's own public health experts that separating a child from his or her parent would cause trauma. Inexcusable, and nothing short of gross negligence."
Sen.Dick Durbin
Aug. 1, 2018
Family Internment
Sen.Jeff Merkley
Aug. 1, 2018
Tweet - "Medical experts have told us that an ICE detention center is no place for a child. DHS' own medical consultants say family detention poses a "high risk of harm to children and their families." It's not "summer camp.""
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Durbin Calls On DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen To Step Down In Wake Of Failure To Reunite "Deleted" Families
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Durbin Statement On Completion Of Internal Investigation Of Heartland Alliance Into Allegations Of Physical & Emotional Abuse At Chicago Facility
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
MSNBC "All in with Chris Hayes" - Transcript: Interview with Sen. Mazie Hirono
Sen.Mazie Hirono
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration should own up to its cruel decision to forcibly separate children at the border, and the humanitarian disaster that ensued in its aftermath. There is no one else to blame for this chaos."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Admin's child separation policy is more than a bureaucratic lapse in judgment. It is -- and was -- a cruel policy inconsistent with the bedrock values of this nation. We can have border security without bullying. We can be safe without treating toddlers as terrorists."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "In the name of the 711 lost children, the families that have been "deleted" by her agency, and common decency, I'm calling on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, the architect of this humanitarian disaster, to step down."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - "On Secretary Nielsen's watch, nearly 2,700 children have been separated from their parents & more than 700 children still have not been reunited with their families -- including over 400 whose parents were apparently deported & more than 90 whose parents cannot be located at all."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 31, 2018
Tweet - ""Government-sanctioned child abuse." That's what the American Academy of Pediatrics called President Trump's zero tolerance child separation policy, and this story shows why. It's heartbreaking."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018
Durbin To E-Cigarette Industry: Gummy Bear-Flavored Liquid Nicotine Helps Adults Quit Smoking? Prove It
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 30, 2018
Senator Collins Joins Bipartisan Group in Introducing Legislation to Study Impact of Technology and Media on Children
Sen.Susan Collins
July 29, 2018
Tweet - "A combination of cruelty and incompetence by the Trump Administration brought us to this day. Now they must reunite the 711 "deleted" children still separated from their parents. We will not rest until they do."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018
Letter to the Honorable Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Honorable Neomi Rao, Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Request Extension for Public Comment Period on Title X Gag Rule
Sen.Chris Van Hollen, ...
July 27, 2018
Hoyer Statement on Trump Administration's Failure to Meet a Second Deadline to Reunite Separated Children with Their Parents
Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018
Castro Statement on Administration's Failure to Meet Second Court-Ordered Family Reunification Deadline
Rep.Joaquin Castro
July 27, 2018
Tweet - ".@POTUS must abide by the court ruling and reunite these children with their families. He must work to address this unnecessary crisis of his own making. It is shameful that @HouseGOP has done nothing to address these forced separations of parents & children."
Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 27, 2018
New Bipartisan ChiPACC Act Provides Better Medicaid Coverage to Children in Need
Rep.Michael McCaul, ...
July 27, 2018
Tweet - "One in three children who were forcibly removed from their parents arms remain separated today. The United States of America is a caring and compassionate nation, but this humanitarian disaster created by our President has tarnished our reputation around the world."
Sen.Dick Durbin
July 27, 2018
Tweet - "The Trump Administration has now missed two court-imposed deadlines & failed to #ReuniteEveryChild. This policy is reprehensible, morally outrageous, & a form of child abuse that will affect these children for many years to come. http://bit.ly/2OltS8w #FamiliesBelongTogether"
Rep.Steny Hoyer
July 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Greg Walden, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Hon. Michael Burgess, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health Committee on Energy and Commerce - Pallone & Green Renew Demand for Public Hearing on Children Separated from Their Families
Rep.Frank Pallone, ...
July 26, 2018
Dingell, Kuster Criticize DHS for Failing to Answer Questions on Separated Children
Rep.Debbie Dingell, ...
July 26, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services - Schiff Asks HHS for Update on Implementation of HIPAA Provisions Allowing Providers to Share Health Information with Families During Certain Crisis Situations
Sen.Adam Schiff
July 26, 2018
Luján, Kennedy Introduce Bill to Strengthen Kids' Access to Health Care
Sen.Ben Luján, ...
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