Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is questioning HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra in a letter about the handling of unaccompanied minors at the southern border.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Senate Finance committee hearing.
"Instead, over five months later, my inquiry was met with general information about your failed policies," she continued."Your department’s lack of urgency on this matter, and your continued refusal to provide information about the amount of time you spent in California instead of fulfilling your duties in-person, speaks volumes regarding your mishandling of this crisis."
By next week, Blackburn expects Becerra to respond to several requests pertaining to concerns over the administration's purported mishandling and exploitation of migrant children released to unvetted sponsors by HHS. Blackburn joins a choir of GOP lawmakers who have been sounding the alarm on unaccompanied migrant children at the border. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told Fox News Digital in an interview last week that thousands"of children were brutalized by human traffickers" last year.
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