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Last month, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the fourth time that the Commission has failed to adequately facilitate and promote women's and minority media ownership.

Would you call that rate of ownership for minorities and women acceptable?

I say all the time that you must have a special calling to do public service, and thank you.

But in practice, it appears that there is a distinction.

There is certainly more work to be done. And what we would like to see from you is for the pace to go up and continue to go up.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for holding this hearing today. It is a very important and necessary hearing.

Illegal is the appropriate term for us to be using, as I understand.

First, hearings should be about fact finding. The title of this hearing presumes a conclusion rather than poses an issue to discuss and learn about it.

I am proud that in Mecklenburg County our Sheriff McFadden terminated the County's 287(g) agreement because he knew that it didn't help improve public safety.

Mr. Chairman, you said at the beginning immigration policy is not in our committee's jurisdiction and we should not discuss what each administration did or said.

I think that is a perfect way to begin to solve the problems that this hearing has identified.

Our immigration, yes, is in dire need of reform.

The implication that the Trump administration is intentionally harming children is disgusting.

Instead of working on bipartisan solutions, the Democrats are using this hearing to cherry-pick stories to advance a partisan narrative.

Unfortunately, House Democrats are so obsessed with impeaching President Trump and trying to undermine the Trump Administration that we have been unable to get to work on bipartisan solutions.

This idea that this Administration's actions are denying children access to education and child nutrition programs is false.

The implication that the Trump Administration is intentionally harming children is disgusting.

It is unfortunate that you would even see a Secretary propose cutting millions of dollars from oversight for these facilities.