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Yesterday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal was acting chair of a House Judiciary Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee meeting at which former ICE Director Tom Homan was testifying. Republican Rep. Andy Biggs offered Homan some of his time to respond to “anything†he had heard during the lengthy hearing. Homan took the opportunity to address comments made by Rep. Jayapal.“I’d like to respond to acting chairman Jayapal and your comment about the Trump Administration moving money around for more detention beds,†Homan said. He continued, “I’d like to remind you under the Obama Administration we did that most of the years he was president. We moved money around DHS, it’s called reprogramming. We did that under the Obama Administration and I don’t remember any hearings on that....When Homan was finished, Rep. Jayapal replied, “Since you addressed some comments at me I’ll just say that I didn’t like it under the Obama administration either.â€â€œBut being honest with the American people,†Homan interjected.“Excuse me,†Jayapal said, banging her gavel.“You can’t point out faults in the Trump administration when it happened under the Obama administration,†Homan said as Jayapal banged the gavel again.“That’s dishonesty,†Homan said. Bang!“It’s pathetic and it’s sad,†Homan concluded.Rep. Jayapal then reminded Homan that he had testified in favor of an Obama administration border effort in 2016.“May I respond to that?†Homan asked.“No, you may not,†Jayapal replied.“Of course not,†Homan said.
