I have heard you talk about the case management and, Ms. Francis, you have social workers, people with MSWs?
I want to tip my hat to our colleague, Representative Trahan, who is one of those, and I am sure there are others among our--among our Membe...
We thank the Chair, Ranking Member, and the Subcommittee Members for your time, attention, and devotion to the cause of veterans in higher e...
Thank you for the opportunity to provide a written statement for today's hearing.
welfare reform was based on one simple idea shared by people of all political stripes: the belief that the best way out of poverty is a job,...
The primary goal of the TANF program is to assist families in need with a hand up, providing a safety net of government assistance to find w...
I am proud of this committee's longstanding leadership and multi-year efforts to pass constructive and responsible welfare reform.
I put people over politics, and I certainly am not interested in supporting those types of draconian cuts.
Bold and deliberate policies are the only way we will be able to combat systemic racism and inequality that is built into our Federal disast...
Family detention is immoral, it is un-American, and it is just plain wrong and we have better alternatives available.
Under our current system, disaster recovery can actually make inequities worse than they were before a natural disaster.
You know, last year, we passed a relatively modest gun control or gun safety law out of the United States Congress after Uvalde, and still R...
And we are here to be partners with you to get that done, sir, and to help build an immigration system that supports our economy, that prote...
Congress has charged the Department of Homeland Security with an incredibly broad mission, countering terrorism and domestic violent extremi...
I have heard a member, a Republican member, talk about immigrants as an infestation and another one call it an invasion.
We appreciate your consideration of the immense positive impact SNAP has on the lives of millions of Americans as well as its beneficial imp...
We cannot be rolling back these well-fought, important pay increases as part of this larger debate.
by failing to pass broad immigration reform, like the U.S. Citizenship Act, Congress has not given the Department all the tools it needs to ...
