Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a letter form the Ethics and Public Policy Center that I'd like to submit for the record that explains why it's crucial for existing legal protections, for faith-based providers to remain in place.

We should not be content to have vulnerable, low-income, and impoverished Americans remain locked in their current economic position.

Our programs to help those in need, including CSBG should all be focused on helping to raise individuals out of poverty.

I think right now as a Congress we are struggling with our relations.

Do you think it would be helpful for the Federal Government to halt Federal COVID vaccine mandates and mask mandates?

As long as there’s this culture of violence on the right wing in this country that’s encouraged by the leader of the Republican Party at times, that is ignored and sometimes cultivated for political purposes by members of Congress…

U.S. State Department was 99.3 percent non-responsive to these members' requests.

Just last week, however, the team responsible for continued evacuations of Americans told us that they're working with over 170 Americans who wish to depart from more than 360 who remain there.

Despite the Administration's efforts to put Afghanistan in the rearview mirror, it remains a pressing national security concern for the Senate and the American people.

I want to applaud the FSA for announcing the reinstatement of its enforcement unit on October 8 to strengthen oversight of predatory institutions.

this is not a partisan issue by any stretch of the imagination. This is a bipartisan issue

If this gets in the hands of the Taliban, I have got serious reservations whether it is going to go to taking care of women and girls to go to school and that sort of thing.

Getting the State Department to do the basics--provide witnesses for hearings, feedback on legislation, and updates before issues hit the news--is extremely difficult without authorizing bills.

If we want to exercise full oversight of the State Department, which is the charge of this committee, we must regularly and consistently authorize the State Department.

I would strenuously urge that you personally take a look at that and see if you cannot move that on

After the fall of Kabul, the U.S. Embassy informed stakeholders that all pending visas, passports, and documentation for consular services had been destroyed.

Parents are in charge of their child's education, period--not the experts from the left-wing organizations, not the teachers' unions, and not the Biden Administration--parents.

I am gravely concerned about Attorney General Merrick Garland's recent memo to the FBI directing them to intimidate and harass parents who show up at school board meetings.