On Wednesday, the House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-TN) “demanded” written testimony from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, apparently instead of having the Secretary testify in person.
The Wednesday letter comes after Mayorkas’s office said he was unable to meet Green’s demand for testimony that came just two weeks ahead of the slated Thursday hearing, noting that the secretary would be hosting a delegation from Mexico to discuss immigration issues.
While Mayorkas’s office asked to find another time, Green’s letter characterized the response as “declin[ing] to appear.”
“Since you continue to decline to come in person, I invite you to submit written testimony for the January 18th hearing record, so that our Committee Members may hear from you directly,” Green wrote in the letter, first reported by Punchbowl News.
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