No one gets a pass from me today, not when the number of minors employed illegally has increased by 283 percent since 2015.
We do not even have the agencies that are responsible for enforcing child labor laws.
This hearing is about a system that is failing kids. It is about a system where corporations exploit migrant children for a profit.
Look, corporate America needs to be held accountable for putting children in danger to boost their profits.
HHS can and must do more to vet sponsors and to follow up with kids, and it must be given sufficient resources by Congress.
I do not for one second buy the lie that Republicans on this Committee and Congress give a damn about actually fixing the problem.
So, it is in the taxpayers' best interest to have a diverse strategy of water management.
California has more than 1,400 dams in the state. Yet, this Committee is talking about the need to develop and authorize more surface water ...
So, it is really about risk management.
The Biden Administration has done a great deal in the last year.
Abbott engaged in negligent behavior, full stop.