I appreciate all the witnesses being here today. This is--this is tough work, and it is incredibly important.

Budgets that match the policy goal, budgets that match the rhetoric.

Honduras is really not doing anything in order to stop that flow. On the contrary, they are charging those migrants to make it easier.

But I am talking about the people that make the decisions, the governments.

Make no mistake, our country is facing a foster care crisis.

There is an urgent need for DOD to implement oversight of our housing.

I would--I'd say that maybe the new moniker should be King Joe based on the way he's acting without any authorization from the balanced government system that we designed by our Constitution.

The better use of our time today if members focus on funding the government, improving school infrastructure, closing academic achievement gaps, and confronting other serious challenges facing children, educators, and families.

It is my hope that colleagues across the aisle will help us save the childcare sector from potential collapse.

I want to say I agree with Mr. Thompson from Pennsylvania, that the problem is not the Chinese people. The problem is the Chinese government.

We cannot allow DoD to pressure VA into going live prematurely just so that DoD can reach its goals.

This is not an argument. We have 9 million veterans enrolled in this system, and I am trying to have a constructive conversation about how we move forward.

I would love to see efficiency at the VA. I hope you make good on that promise.

I share Ranking Member Cherfilus-McCormick's belief that VA must focus on developing a baseline EHR that minimizes deviations as the program moves forward.

Our security issues have more than quadrupled over the last few years.

The Subcommittee on Oversight will come to order.

Is there a timeframe that you have given them to close out the remaining 14?

If we do not have proper communication now as a division and, you know, your proposal is to elevate it to a bureau, and that does not seem to be happening, and I hear the K-9 Unit is not receiving their 16 monthly hours of training, we…