The relationship between Oversight and Government Reform and your office so far has not gone well on the House side.

That is telling for all the caseworkers around the country that are answering calls all the time from retirees saying, why did this take so long?

I am committed to seeing true and lasting reform come from this hearing and the discussions that will follow.

I would say we just have to do better. People are counting on us to do better.

How can we assure that there are no shortcuts taken?

IHS must have accountability and transparency to our tribes and to Congress.

I think that the conclusion--and I think that most of the Committee Members would agree with me--is that our borders are not secure.

Oklahoma is now being threatened with an access problem to quality, local suppliers with which communities are familiar.

We have to, I think, recognize our responsibility, which is doing everything that we can to keep our Nation safe and secure.

Islamic terror represents a threat. This is real. It is growing. This is a legitimate concern.

Somebody is going to step up as a result of this hearing and take full and complete responsibility of these minor children that we have in our country.

Nothing breaks my heart more than the notion that these parents and their children facing unspeakable problems in their home countries took a risk that every parent in this room cannot even imagine taking.

That should set off an alarm on this clear statute that says the custody and care of alien children falls on HHS.

The care and custody of all unaccompanied alien children, including responsibility for their detention, where appropriate, shall be the responsibility of . . . Health and Human Services.

I think it is the decision on placement.

What is wrong with keeping these children in detention longer in order to make sure that we are not placing them with someone who is going to illegally use them as child labor or in sex trafficking.

You are selecting these sponsors because the child has a piece of paperwork in their hand saying, 'This is who I want to stay with when I get to the United States,' correct?

If you are aware a high percentage is going to disappear or you are aware that we are putting at people at risk of trafficking, why wouldn't we hold them at their initial facilities?

Did we verify that person was a legal citizen of the United States?

That facility is exactly how I would have run my camp if money was no object.

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This is a 'feed the lions' type strategy to say where we are actually effective and people are efficient with dollars.

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