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Our colleges and universities should be places that support free academic inquiry and where different ideas can be expressed and can be exchanged.

It is clear that the Department's student loan forgiveness policies are unfair to Americans who did not go to college or that paid back their loans.

I think it is paramount that HHS vet not only the sponsor but vet the child or vet the UAC coming into our country.

Here you have illegal alien minors with gang tattoos being brought into our country.

In July 2022, Kayla Hamilton, an American, was sexually assaulted and murdered in Maryland by a 16-year-old alien, MS-13 gang member from El Salvador.

If there is one thing I want to make sure is that Health and Human Services is not the last link in the chain of child trafficking.

All right. You told Chairman Aderholt that over 300,000 UACs have been processed since the beginning of the Biden administration.

Okay. I think we have a little different viewpoint on that right there.

But when you send them to a sponsor is it not your responsibility also to ensure that the sponsors...will care for and support these unaccompanied children?

I am deeply disturbed by reports that your agency...has mishandled the flood of unaccompanied alien minors.

You get some people's attention, we can step on their air hose.

We must do our due diligence to ensure we fully fund veterans' programs in a bipartisan and financially responsible manner.

The budget request before us today represents more than just a set of numbers and allocations. It reflects our Nation's commitment to its veterans.

I truly appreciate you.

The cost of taking care of kids right now is really almost as bad as the cost of college.

The Marine Corps has a deferred maintenance backlog that exceeds $15.8 billion, and it requires a $1.5 billion annual expenditure for barracks and maintenance.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Chairman Carter, Ranking Member Wasserman Schultz, thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing.

Thank you again for the work on the H-2B visas. That has absolutely helped us with staying on track with our construction efforts on Guam.