WATCH: Rep. Min on CNN: “There Is No Other Option” Than to Consider Impeaching Sec. Noem
Washington, D.C. — On CNN News Central this morning, Representative Dave Min (CA-47), a member of the House Oversight Committee, announced his support for impeaching DHS Sec. Kristi Noem, saying “you have all of the lawlessness that is happening under her watch” and “there is no other option for us other than to consider” impeachment.
Rep. Min also addressed the murder of Renee Nicole Good, protests in Iran, and the latest inflation data.
On Impeaching Sec. Noem:
“Yes, I would [support impeaching Noem], and this is not something I take lightly. Impeachment is the last tool you want to use, but when you have a secretary of a major agency who refuses to respond to questions or oversight from members of Congress. And you have all of the lawlessness that is happening under her watch, there is no other option for us other than to consider that.”
On ICE Lawlessness and Lack of GOP Oversight:
“And I'm just gonna say this, the murder of Renee Nicole Good—and it is murder—if you watch that video, it's very clear that this ICE agent acted with intent. It was not self-defense. He shot her in the face apparently three times, and she would still be alive today if Mike Johnson, James Comer, and Republicans here in this body had been doing their job and exerting any kind of oversight. The fact that we did zero oversight on ICE and DHS and CBP, despite what is now clearly evident, is a structural and systemic pattern of lawlessness, of violence, of attacks on civilians, including citizens. That basically gave the green light to this officer to do what he did, and so I put this directly on Mike Johnson. We need answers.”
On DHS Silence:
“I've written two letters to the Department of Homeland Security asking questions we need answers to, including Kristi Noem. Who are these ICE agents? What kind of training and background checks do they go through? What investigations are done when we see or hear about complaints of civil rights violations? We've gotten zero answers. This contempt for oversight, contempt for Congress coming from Kristi Noem has enabled lawlessness across the board with ICE. We need serious answers right now.”
On the Latest Inflation Data and Rising Prices:
“These [higher prices] are the result of intentional policy choices made by Donald Trump and House Republicans, who decided that they were gonna cancel a bunch of clean energy projects, which would make electricity cost a lot cheaper. They decided that they would give trillions of dollars to billionaires, and cut Medicaid, not extend the ACA tax credits, and we know that that's causing health insurance costs to go up [...] So what is happening right now is people are struggling. They're also struggling to find jobs, struggling to pay the bills, and this is the direct result of policy choices made by an economically illiterate president.”
On Internet Blackouts in Iran:
“They're also cracking down by eliminating access to the internet and cellular networks, so people are very concerned about what's happening. My Iranian-American population, very concerned about what's happening to their friends and family back home. It's one of the reasons I sponsored something called the FREEDOM Act, which instructs the State Department to look into how we can develop and deploy easy technologies that are already available, direct-to-cell type technology so Iranians can get access to information. They can get in touch with their family and friends. This is one area where President Trump and I actually agree. We should be supporting the protestors at the very least with access to information.”
On U.S Intervention in Iran:
“I mean, we're already engaged in too many theaters across the world right now. You know, at some point, these chickens are gonna come home to roost. I think we have to be very careful and cautious in deploying the military around the world, particularly when families here at home are struggling. But that being said, deploying internet access, it's the type of thing that's easy to do, doesn't cost us anything. So I think we should look into things like that to support the Iranian people. But regime change is, I think we've already done one too many regime changes in this administration. We shouldn't be in Venezuela right now. That's gonna cost us trillions of dollars. I'm not sure what the plan is there. I don't think we should be meddling in other countries as well.”
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