And I hope you continue to stick with it.

The GI Bill needs to be applicable to anything that gets a veteran starting a business.

I appreciate you continuing that tradition.

in the work I have done in the veterans space after leaving the service, before becoming a Member of Congress, you know, we found that working in greenhouses, working in agriculture, working outdoors actually has a tremendous benefit in…

The zero tolerance policy is still, quote 'an active memo.'

Courts, my understanding, put a stop to that policy last year, through a preliminary injunction.

I am dumbfounded of how you could not answer that question with a simple no.

Of course you do not want your children to be kept in this type of detention.

I think you have perhaps clarified the record today in saying that those are items that are central to providing safe and sanitary conditions for those who are detained.

I think that you have a very good bill.

We are certainly going to continue to call attention to your case in particular, and to try to do what we can to hold the folks at the Department of the Interior accountable.

These topics merit consideration and attention by the committees of jurisdiction.

Perhaps folks that are here at this side of the dais should stick to policy making and we should let the scientists stick to science.

I suspect you have seen the letter from the OIG. In that same letter, I requested that the OIG investigate the retaliation that you outlined in your testimony.

soap and toothbrushes are central to providing safe and sanitary conditions

I think your story underscores why Representative Tonko's legislation is so critically important.

The work of scientists in my district relies on the freedom to share scientific research in its entirety without political interference.

I believe that many in the country were shocked by the arguments that were made in front of the Ninth Circuit.