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Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) asks questions of President Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his Senate Finance Committee information proceeding connected Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) criticized Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) effort to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a property league successful Los Angeles, saying that helium should person been successful Washington to ballot and compared him to a grandstander.
The No. 2 Senate GOP subordinate told reporters that helium had not yet seen the video of Padilla being forcibly removed and yet handcuffed, but pressed that helium should not person skipped retired connected a bid of votes connected Thursday.
“I deliberation helium should person been present successful Washington voting,” Barrasso said.
“He has a work to his constituents to amusement up astatine work,” helium continued. “Not to spell effort to marque a spectacle of himself.”
Padilla’s bureau said helium was successful Los Angeles to execute legislature oversight of the government’s effect to the protests successful the metropolis implicit the past week and was astatine the aforesaid national gathering arsenic Noem for a briefing.
“He tried to inquire the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by national agents, forced to the crushed and handcuffed,” his bureau said successful a statement. “He is not presently detained, and we are moving to get further information.”
Padilla was 1 of 3 members who missed each 5 votes connected Thursday earlier lawmakers recessed for the week.
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