Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20181218:08:58:00
Them. we wanted to find out their stories to understand what they're suffering, what they're going through. the administration would not let us exercise that oversight and have a conversation. >> so you remember congress, and congress has the power of the purse. and someone's funding the tornillo camp. i'm confused about if congress said no more of this, don't you have the leverage to cut it off? >> we do have that leverage. under republican control of the house and senate, there has been no willingness to even hold a hearing, let alone consider exercising the power of the purse. that camp is ...