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Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, is the most senior Democrat on the Senate's Border Security and Immigration subcommittee.

He was questioned Tuesday by the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.

The subcommittee’s Democrats countered with jokes about Elmo and other “Sesame Street” characters.

Rep Adrian Smith, a Republican from Nebraska, who chairs a subcommittee on trade, told the BBC he was "pleased" over the initial trade pact.

“These experiences have instilled in me an appreciation for the importance of bipartisan consensus and working toward common ground,” he told a House subcommittee in October 2017.