Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., will be accompanied by Nadia Murad, a Yazidi activist who escaped the Islamic State and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Harris, D-Calif., who recently announced a presidential bid, will bring Trisha Pesiri-Dybvik, an air traffic controller who lost her home in 2017's Thomas Fire and was affected by the shutdown. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., in a Senate elevator to urge him to vote against Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., will bring Ana Maria Archila, the activist who confronted Sen. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., has invited Victorina Morales, an undocumented worker who recently worked for Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and left after she publicly disclosed her immigration status. ![]() ![]() Like the president, lawmakers invite guests to the State of the Union to make a statement on an issue they wish to highlight. Do members of Congress invite guests? Who are they? Other guests announced by the White House include Grace Eline, a child who was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was 9 Judah Samet, a Holocaust survivor who lived through the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Ashley Evans, a recovering opioid addict Elvin Hernandez, a special agent at the Department of Homeland Security who focuses on human trafficking and Debra Bissell, Heather Armstrong and Madison Armstrong, family members of a Nevada couple who authorities say were killed by an undocumented immigrant.
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