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Spend those fees on and if you use fees to expand dramatically the number of refugees from syria or other places in the middle east, that does tend to drain the money, does it not, ms. Strike, that you would otherwise have for other needs of your agency . Yes, sir. In order to reprioritize fee funding to the Refugee Funding Program in fy 16 that will come out of other uscis priorities. Follow up on this question, mr. Bartlett, if we go to 100,000, are you aware of how many of those over the 75,0...

Then it said it planned to accept a floor of 85,000 refugees and at least 100,000 next year. Once here with Refugee Status those individuals can claim any job and collect any federal welfare benefit. Recent statistics from the department of health and Human Services office of Refugee Resettlement indicate that 75 of refugees receive food stamps and more than half receive Free Health Care and cash benefits. For refugees from the middle east the numbers are even higher. More than 90 of recent midd...

Families do not have their checks expire, forcing them to redo many of those screenings, when individual parts of the test expire while theyre waiting for other parts to be completed. And third, keeping families updated about their status. Frequently a large familys resettlement will be delayed because a Single Family member is waiting to be approved. Those are common sense straightforward methods of reforming the screening process so that it takes weeks, not years to reach conclusion. And i thi...

I dont think any of you are being told your resources are going to increase when you have more refugees. So at the most fundamental level, im trying to figure out how you absorb this within the current rate of funding that you have without something giving. One of those things that may give could be the very important thing that we all have an obligation to ensure, and that is the safety and security of the homeland. There is going to be handoff between the various agencies. How do we make sure ...

[sirens] again, looking at the outside of the cathedral of st. Matthew the apostle earlier today where the annual rent mass was helpless Supreme Court justices, many of whom you saw there. The Supreme Courts term officially begins tomorrow. Some of the cases they face this term have to do with abortion, health care, labor unions, and immigration. You can look for those cases is here on cspan when they happen. With the Supreme Courts new cases. Es landmark that exports the human cases and constit...

Declaring victory. All the candidates have flown on to New Hampshire, the next battleground in this primary contest. Theyll vote in six days. This mornings washington journal is giving you reaction to the first in the nation voting last night and whats next for these candidates. 2027488001. Emocrats, 2027488000, and independents, 2027488002. Iowa, New Hampshire voters, we want to learn from you how you Hawkeye State and how you plan to vote in the Granite State. 2027488003 is your line. Join the...

Health organization declares ebola pretty much contained. And the battle in eastern ukraine. How separatists are fighting to keep the gas flowing. Have Houthi Rebels are celebrating in sanaa, fireworks are lighting up the skies a day after a peace deal was signed. But houthi raiders, now control large parts of the country and key areas of the capital. Lets take a closer look at their positions. The main strong holds are in the mountainous north of the country. They began pushing out from sada, a...

Mike rogers said we havent seen the terrorist attack that we havent talked about it for 15 years now. Theres lots of reasons for that. But theres a lot of vulnerabilities, and actually have a major impact not in the u. S. But also around the world for not finishing touches for the United States and the private sector is part of that. You know, in dod my job is to worry about the big cyberattack him cyberattack, but i also worry sometimes when they do things that impact the centers of gravity for...

Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . The yeas and nays are 56, the noes are 50. 40. The motion is agreed to. The presiding officer the clerk will report the nomination. The clerk Madeline Cox Arleo of new jersey to be district judge for the district of new jersey. The presiding officer there will be two minutes of debate equally twieded prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the beetlestone nomination. A senator mr. P...

The biggest thing it had to do with the project was where would the interstate go. The engineers worked with the possibility for a long time of running the interstate over the top of the dam. That would have required a larger dam, of course. But all of this is con verveg at the same time. The interstate planners are making their plans for which path the interstate is going to ta take. The decision to run it through Summit County the final decision wasnt made until 1960. By that time, denvers eng...