Diana DeGette: “I was pleased to see that, as part of these bills, there was an increase in funding for inspector generals' offices, for…”

We are subject to term limits. It’s called elections every two years.

We cannot allow the risk of imperfection in these programs to paralyze them as bridges crumble, as manufacturing lines stall for want of microchips, as the climate becomes increasingly hostile for our children and our grandchildren.

Do you--what progress would you say HHS has made in improving the ability to provide for the, quote, 'medical and mental health needs of children in ORR care' that you mentioned in your testimony?

We have even reduced staffing at some of these agencies to a really dangerous level.