James Lankford

Yes, it has been helpful.

USCIS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and CBP, their systems do not necessarily all talk to each other in moments that they need to be able to talk to each other.

Yes, that is very helpful. Thanks for the progress on that, but we obviously still have a little bit of progress to go on it.

I also appreciate the off-the-shelf focus, to say if there is some technology that already exists to do this then let's invest our dollars in other areas.

USCIS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and CBP, their systems do not necessarily all talk to each other in moments that they need to be able to talk to each other.

A lot of the folks that are coming are non-Spanish speakers.

Yes, it has been helpful.

Yes, really difficult for the patient and for the docs, and that is what has been the challenge on this.

Exceptionally important to be able to get out there--all of us deal with this.

That is a massive issue, and it is a big issue for us in rural Oklahoma.

There are State regulations, but this is Medicare Advantage. This is unique--this falls right into this committee.

Yes, really difficult for the patient and for the docs, and that is what has been the challenge on this.

Exceptionally important to be able to get out there--all of us deal with this.

We have $31 trillion in total debt. I think everyone on this dais is very aware of that.

We need to determine what is a water system in a community that desperately needs help for a water system and what is a grant that is going to do a study of sound in colonial Mexico.

I would encourage anyone to be able to go in.

Why are we giving a grant to help Egyptian children learn math?

I carried that through the Senate.

What are you seeing as far as oversight right now on faith-based entities requesting an application for a grant?

Thanks for the oversight on that.

What are you seeing as far as implementation and creating the standards?

We need to determine what is a water system in a community that desperately needs help for a water system and what is a grant that is going to do a study of sound in colonial Mexico.

We have $31 trillion in total debt. I think everyone on this dais is very aware of that.

I would encourage anyone to be able to go in.

Why are we giving a grant to help Egyptian children learn math?