David Price: “Congress should also require agencies to report on the use and effectiveness of different recruitment incentives.”

Mr. Secretary, as we hold you accountable this morning for what happens at the border, I am cognizant that Congress is accountable for failing to give the Department a realistic legal framework for managing the border.

Believe me, this is long overdue. This was one of the more visionary aspects of the Obama recovery plan--$8 billion, in that instance, applied to passenger rail development.

We have about 4,100 unfilled teaching positions, paraprofessionals, other staff.

This won't be the last one we see. We know that the biosphere will continue to throw things at us.