Rubio: State Department Not Talking To My Staff About Travel Ban
Last edited Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:23 AM - Edit history (2)
Source: TPM
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that his staff was trying to seek additional details about President Trump's executive order on immigration, but they were told by the State Department that the agency had been ordered not to share information with Congress.
"They're aren't a lot of answers as of today. In fact, my staff was told the State Department, as of today, was ordered not to talk to Congress about this issue," Rubio told reporters Monday evening. "I don't know the reason. Maybe, perhaps, they're still kind of working through how this is going to apply, so perhaps they don't want to give us information that is wrong."
Rubio was one of several members of the Senate Monday night who expressed frustration with the Trump administration that neither Congress nor federal agencies had been briefed on Trump's executive orders on immigration, which banned immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries for a period of time as well as halted the Refugee Resettlement program.
Representing a tourist-reliant state, Rubio said his office had several questions it would liked answered, but they still were waiting for details. One reporter in the scrum asked again why that might be the case.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/rubio-says-his-staff-was-told-state-department-was-ordered-not-to-talk-about-immigration-order
More about Rubio and the Immigration ban here (DT has put him in quite a box):
http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2017/01/rubio-scott-say-theyre-uneasy-with-trumps-immigration-order-109154
MIAMI U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Tim Scott issued a joint statement Sunday night saying they were uneasy and have some concerns with President Trumps executive order temporarily banning Syrian refugees and immigrants from some Muslim-majority countries.
The two Republicans, who made their statement after a handful of fellow GOP colleagues also voiced criticisms, said they had unanswered questions about the order but didnt list specifics.
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UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)cstanleytech
(26,273 posts)this son of a bitch would have been one of the ones in front demanding he be impeached.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)LuvLoogie
(6,971 posts)That's a short-fingered vulgarian you're dealing with you fucking duplicitous punk.
cstanleytech
(26,273 posts)soon as he is out of office he intends to get them back.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)cstanleytech
(26,273 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Jim__
(14,072 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Did the Republicans really think that the Assclown Draft-&-Tax Dodger-in-Chief, Comrade Casino, gave a feather or a fart about them?
What suckers. You have FAILED America in every way possible.
Now watch as the Republican House and Senate meekly ASSUME THE POSITION for Twitler.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)Ligyron
(7,622 posts)Maybe they can just send there money over...
bucolic_frolic
(43,111 posts)Trump is Nixon without morals
Vinca
(50,248 posts)nikibatts
(2,198 posts)Sessions will never stand up to Bannon. He must not be confirmed.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,157 posts)The Madman gutted nearly all the top leadership at the State Department. It's probably absolute chaos there right now for anyone who's left.
Reminds me of the exchange between Generals Pickett and Lee after Pickett's Charge in the movie Gettysburg: