The backlog, essentially, or the caseload, essentially, almost tripled between 2008 and 2017.

Such proposals seek a misguided, one-size-fits-all approach that poses an imminent threat to the economy of my State, critical jobs for my constituents and the lifeblood of West Virginia.

We need a more commonsense approach to protecting the environment than just eliminating our energy industry altogether.

A centralized reporting system for tracking federal spending relating to disasters would be a vast improvement in terms of government transparency and accountability.

I do agree with you, Chairwoman Waters, that this hearing is a long time in coming, and is necessary.

The system is broken. While the credit scoring system provides us with a foundation, and it allows millions of Americans to access credit quickly and efficiently, the credit reporting system is in need of major repair.

What I would say is, I think what was interesting about the first panel is no one seemed concerned in the panel that the Fair Credit Reporting Act was outdated or in need of updating.

It is the largest--highest it has ever been.

I do believe that nuclear power is an undervalued and underutilized alternative for the production of carbon-free electricity.

we have challenges. We have had a number of things come up, most recently, probably the biggest one is the interpreter issue has returned.

we believe VTC is an efficient and effective way of hearing cases.

The current pending caseload is about 850,000.

It is a combination of factors.

Last year, DHS filed approximately 300,000 new cases.

Protecting early voting protects the franchise for everyone. That is precisely why it is dangerous to those who want to see fewer people voting in some States.

if the United States were to amend the Constitution to extend a constitutional right to convicted felons, then that would broaden the right to vote

the brief that you are referring to was filed by the Department in I think in 2017, before I joined the Department

certainly constitutional rights are the most fundamental rights we have in our country