Stephen Miller won't testify to Congress on immigration policies, as White House rejects request.
Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Stephen Miller talks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Aug. 2, 2017.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.WASHINGTON — The White House is denying a request by the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for testimony from senior adviser Stephen Miller about the administration's controversial immigration actions.
"Testimony by such Executive Branch officials with responsibilities defined by statute would be a reasonable accommodation to the Committee's questions and legislative goals," Cipollone wrote. After getting Cipollone’s response, Cummings, along with House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.,of the Department of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, on Thursday seeking documents related to Trump’s recent removal of several senior leaders at the Homeland Security Department.
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