José E. Serrano: “The administration's budget request for STEM education programs are wholly inadequate to our nation's needs.”

This year, we will hear from a bipartisan group of Members, all of whom will be asking for further investments by this subcommittee.

I am concerned with news reports that the Department of Homeland Security is deploying elite tactical teams to cities, including New York, with little to no justification that would potentially suppress response rates.

An increase in funding of the scale I recommend might impinge on other priorities.

We will obviously be watching this closely in the upcoming months.