Maggie Hassan

They are leveraging funds from the bipartisan Safer Communities Act to train and place 80 graduate students studying social work in high needs schools.

Last year, my colleague, Senator Ernst and I, led something called the Stand Up Act, which was passed into law.

S. 704, the 'Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act,' would allow borrowers to qualify for interest-free deferment on their student loans while serving in a medical residency program.

I want to encourage young people to know that when you speak up, your representatives hear it.

The first job of government is to keep people safe, and I am very grateful that you are working to do that.

But you still do not have an IT working capital fund that is devoted over years to improving the IT and modernizing IT.

Agency chief information officers play an important role in advocating for the IT needs of the agency.

It is still taking some of those resources and using them for non-IT purposes.

It could have a really significant, and at times, really dangerous impact, right?

I think it is a really important area to focus on and really try to make sure that that is, in fact, how the agency is approaching it.

These aging systems not only increase costs, they can also jeopardize our national security.

It is deeply concerning that DHS relies on outdated technology for some of its most important work.

Investing in childcare is about improving child well-being overall.

Along with Senator Young, I have introduced the bipartisan After Hours Child Care Act, which would expand access to childcare for Americans who work nontraditional hours.

The first job of government is to keep people safe, and I am very grateful that you are working to do that.

Agency chief information officers play an important role in advocating for the IT needs of the agency.

But you still do not have an IT working capital fund that is devoted over years to improving the IT and modernizing IT.

It is still taking some of those resources and using them for non-IT purposes.

It could have a really significant, and at times, really dangerous impact, right?

I think it is a really important area to focus on and really try to make sure that that is, in fact, how the agency is approaching it.

These aging systems not only increase costs, they can also jeopardize our national security.

It is deeply concerning that DHS relies on outdated technology for some of its most important work.

Thank you for appearing today to discuss the Department of Homeland Security's (DHSs) reliance on aging information technology (IT) systems.

Today's hearing continues our Subcommittee's work to replace aging government technology that wastes taxpayer dollars.

This hearing will come to order.