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Border. you went into a federal detention -- federal prison to talk to those women, many of them had not even been able to say good-bye to their children. they sat in the room next door as they heard their children yelling for them and they were not able to go and speak to their children. and for weeks they didnt know where their children were. i -- most of these women, most of the men were seeking asylum and your department instead of allowing them their legal right to seek asylum, your departm...

Expansion and the applications out. we have run into a very complicated matter regarding a treaty that were trying to work around. we have some international treaty obligations that may not allow the way that marijuana has to be handled from the research facilities to the researchers, from the grow facility to the researchers. it is something that im very aware of and something im trying to push. i have six days left in this chair at the most so i dont know if im going to get to it. i understand...

At the state of the union the president said that he was going to make and im paraphrasing, a priority to make sure that people with preexisting conditions were protected. does that mean that youre going to drop all the aca litigation that youre involved in? >> as you know, congresswoman, the affordable care act litigation is ongoing -- >> i know that the question is, are you going to be willing to settle it, are you able to drop some of that? is the president changing department for his -- >> t...

Office of inspector justice? >> yes. theyre currently considering several requests for information in investigation thats involve you since youll be leaving this position soon, i want you to commit here today in front of this committee that youll answer the igs questions and cooperate fully with those investigations. >> im happy to commit to that. i will cooperate with the inspects tor general. i have the most respect for him. hes done exceptional work. >> thank you so much. the impact of the go...

Suppression first hand in georgia even as i was running in my own election is it fair to say that the department was not remotely interested in securing the elections in north carolina, rather that its intent was abusing and subpoena powers and wielding its mandate to protect our elections in a thinly veiled effort to suppress minority elections and populations? >> the department of justice is committed to upholding the voting rights of all american. >> i understand that, but what i need you to ...

Of political interference and if theres evidence of as you suggest, voter suppression and we can predicate an investigation, that is something we will seriously look at. >> so did the department assess the need for election monitors in the 2019 elections? >> i think i mentioned in my opening statement that we sent out 35 civil rights divisions teams to, i believe, 19 states, if i remember right. i might be wrong and i refer you back to my statement. we did send out election monitors from the civ...

Talking about once it was public, im talking about whether there was advanced notice. let me go on. before or after the zero-tolerance policy policy was put into place and i call it the zero humanity policy, did the u.s. attorneys track when they were prosecuting a parent or legal guardian who had been separated from their child? theres only one answer to this. its gone through the courts. >> you know, did we track it? >> did you track when you were prosecuting a parent or legal guardian who had...

Refusing to answer the question. we can agree that one of the functions of the department of justice is to enforce the voting rights act, correct? >> correct. >> thank you and is it also true that the most recent voting rights act enforcement action was filed on january 10th, 2017? >> as ive mentioned previously -- >> is it correct that the moment recent voting rights enforcement act filed by your department was in 2017, january 10? >> congresswoman, ill give you an example -- >> its a yes or no...

Direct the department lawyers to draft that request? >> congresswoman, the department is currently defending the census bureau -- >> did attorney general sessions ask or are you refusing to answer the question? >> i think its inappropriate for me to comment about the subject of ongoing litigation. >> okay. mr. chairman, id like to reflect that mr. whitaker hasnt answered the question and id asked this matter to be addressed in the upcoming deposition. lets see. do you know if the president direc...