greta: where talking with congressman henry cuellar. judy, you are next. conley spring, north carolina. hi, judy. caller: hi. when you are comparing the immigrants that came over in the past, and in most cases, they were sponsored and they were coming here to make a better life for their families, what happened in recent years -- just this past year especially -- is the children that are being sent up. and these children, the government is paying people to take care of these children. in many cases, they are being counted as homeless because they are being placed and not staying with family. and that is causing the taxpayer a great a lot of money. and stifling our internal resources. and write down there in texas, there is a former oil town that has immigrants. the families haven't moved in there. we are paying for all that as taxpayers. greta: ok, judy, i want the congressman to jump in and address your concerns. representative cuellar: right. the unaccompanied minors, a lot of them are going to be placed in the families are actually being paid for them.

we'll get an update on our next "washington journal" with congressman henry cuellar. we'll also talk to house foreign affairs committee member mark meadows of north carolina about homeland security funding and immigration. later, a conversation about the recent evacuation of the u.s. embassy in yemen. john hudson of "foreign policy" magazine will join us that's part of our spotlight on magazine series. you can also join the conversation by phone, facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is live each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >>> secretary of state john kerry testifies before the house foreign affairs committee in a hearing expected to cover the ukraine/russia conflict, ongoing talks with iran and the use of military force against isis. we'll join the hearing live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> keep track of the republican-led congress and follow new members through the first session. new congress best access on c-span c-span 2, c-span radio and cspan.org. >>> tony abbot announced new security reforms in the wake of the security hostage

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we will talk more with henry cuellar. and a later conversation about the recent evacuation of the u.s. and the sea in yemen -- embassy in yemen. that is part of our spotlight on magazine series. and you can access the washington journal on twitter and online. secretary of state john kerry made it to appearances on capitol hill today. the senate appropriations committee this morning and a foreign relations committee this afternoon. he testified about the russia ukraine conflict. nuclear talks with iran and the current threat of isis. they also talked about the israeli prime minister's visiting next week. the current chairman, is bob corker of tennessee. >> the committee will come to order. mr. secretary you have done a lot of traveling around and you have important issues to deal with and we appreciate you coming in to talk about your budget and your testimony today. as you know, the purpose of this hearing is to learn more about the state department's budget request. i know that these become in many cases, a time to talk

henry cuellar is our guest here and welcome back. guest: thank you so much.t: the senate republican leadership has decided they will hold two separate votes. later in the week they will have a separate vote on the executive action on immigration. it do you democrat should support a clean home and land security bill? host:guest: without a doubt. we have been doing lending for hundreds of years. one of our basic responsibilities as a congress is to pass a budget. if we have a disagreement with a policy issue, that is a separate thing. i can give you 10 different policy issues that i disagree with. i am not going to say let's stop the funding of the federal government. host: should senate democrats the waiting for the speaker of the house to say whether or not he will do this strategy as well? should they go ahead and fund the home and security department? guest: i know what senator reid is doing. he is waiting to see what john boehner is going to do. i believe they have a meeting this morning to discuss it. i cannot speak for senator reed. i am glad that this a