Kathleen Rice: “These children were migrants from Central America, who died of preventable conditions that went untreated.”

The CAROL Act is named in honor of Carol Leavell Barr, the wife of Rep. Andy Barr, who died last year of sudden cardiac arrest.

I think what we are--the subject matter of today's hearing brings me to that--again to that issue of how we get people around safely and efficiently.

I have heard from Jewish and interfaith organizations that the present funding levels are clearly insufficient to meet the current needs.

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.