I hope we can see those up and working soon.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Ranking Member, for holding this important hearing today, and to both our witnesses for being here and your work for our country.

I want to echo the concerns that have been mentioned by the chairman, by Mr. Palazzo, about encouraging STEM--building a STEM workforce, especially for those from minority communities.

I am here to request that the First Step Act receive the full funding amount authorized by law.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify on funding priorities for the fiscal year 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.

And I know Ms. Meng mentioned something. I am glad that she had an opportunity to go to the border, because if you see it firsthand and you talk to the professionals and you are objective, you see there is a crisis.

It needs to be an 'all of the above' approach. It needs to be defensive barriers.

The Trump administration's family separation policy and the practice of ripping children out of the hands of their parents was un-American, unacceptable, and unconscionable.

In June of 2018, when asked if the zero-tolerance policy would be deterring, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions said, 'Yes, hopefully, people will get the message.'

There's no question, Congressman, it is the consumer's data.

I do believe that it is important that the Lima Group and some of our allies in the region take the lead on this.

what we should be advocating for is for the legitimate elections, not just putting someone in.

the focus should be on the help.

Concerns about credit reporting errors, stolen credit information and identity theft have caused consumers to purchase additional credit monitoring services.

But can you answer me why such a big difference, between $5 and $25, do you understand what it means for low-income families, consumers, what does it represent, $25 a month?

So, what is the maximum number of times a furnisher's data can be rejected by your company before you stop accepting information from them?

Do you think developing products like this to help consumers guard against your own negligence and then turning around and selling them back to the consumer at an extraordinary markup allows you to profit in part from your own deficient…

And what are the oversight procedures that you have in place?