WASHINGTON-On Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 at 11:30AM, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a forum to examine and discuss President Donald Trump’s recent Muslim and refugee ban Executive Order entitled, “Not Who We Are: An Examination of Trump’s Un-American Muslim and Refugee Ban," and the ensuing actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State to implement the order.
WHO: Members of Congress
* Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
* Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer
* House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
* House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
* House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel (D-NY)
* House Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
* House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
* House Committee on Veterans Affairs Ranking Member Timothy J. Walz (D-MN)
* House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA)
* Additional Members of Congress
Panelists
* Khizr Khan, Pakistani-American lawyer and Gold Star Father
* Thomas Countryman, former Assistant Secretary of State and Retired Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
* Michael Breen, President & CEO of the Truman Center and Truman National Security Project, U.S. Army Veteran
* Andre Segura, Senior Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union
* Galen Carey, Vice President of Government Relations, National Association of Evangelicals
* Farah Al Khalifi, Iraqi SIV recipient and U.S. permanent resident; former interpreter for U.S. military, married to U.S. citizen and Navy officer.
* Omar Al-muqdad, Syrian refugee journalist and documentary filmmaker; former political prisoner under the Assad regime
WHEN: Feb. 2, 2017, 11:30am - 1:30pm
WHERE: House Visitors Center Room 215 (HVC 215)
Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCd3sYfs2ho
RSVP: Media interested in attending should RSVP to Shadawn.reddick-smith@mail.house.gov.
