EXCERPT:
BLUMENTHAL: “Well, because my time is expiring, I'm just going to interrupt again with apologies to say let's put aside.”
NOEM: “Well, I can't put aside 340,000 children.”
BLUMENTHAL: “Let's put -- let's put aside the labels. Let's put aside what happened in the past. There are still 1,000 children who are separated and waiting to be reunited. I'd like your commitment that you're going to continue the effort to reunite them with their parents.”
NOEM: “Senator, keeping families together is critically important to me and to this country. I'm concerned about Laken Riley's family, that they no longer have her. I'm concerned about the fact that -- that we have people in this country that don't know where their children are or people in other countries who sent their children here and they've been lost by this administration. So, yes, my focus will be to keep families together. We will uphold our law and we'll make sure that we're doing everything we can to keep our children safe from the trafficking and the drug epidemic that's hit this country.”