Matt Cartwright

I wouldn't be doing my job speaking to you distinguished folks if I did not rightfully say that ATF needs to be funded.

I want to make sure that as we pass common sense gun-safety laws, we properly enforce--we properly fund the agencies tasked with enforcing those laws.

So wouldn't H.R. 1112 keep your agency from having to go through that exercise, going out to pick up guns from dangerous criminals that can't legally have them?

So the first question for you, Mr. Brandon, is how would passage of H.R. 1112 impact the ATF's efforts to prevent gun violence?

The problem is, as it stands today, there is 3-day waiting period and, after the 3-day waiting period, people who are not supposed to get a gun can pick one up from a gun store if the FBI has not finished the background check.

I want to talk about the Charleston Loophole bill that the House just passed, H.R. 1112, which of course is designed to close that loophole by preventing individuals from purchasing firearms from a gun dealer without a background check.

It is clear to us that enforcement of civil rights cases has decreased dramatically under this administration.

The decline is deeply concerning to me, that is why I am asking these questions.

I don't mean to be impolite, but they only give us 5 minutes and I have a chairman who is going to be banging that gavel on me any minute, that was a yes-or-no question and I take it it is a yes.

A primary purpose of both the Civil Rights Division and our Federal civil rights laws, including Title VII, the ADA and the ADEA, is to protect the rights of the marginalized and vulnerable communities?

Your job is to pursue civil rights cases against discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status, and national origin; am I correct in that?

Reliance solely on video conferences has, quote, ``had disastrous effects on detained immigrants, the ability of their attorneys effectively to represent them, and the efficiency of the immigration court,'' unquote.

Doesn't prioritizing metrics in case completion make it harder thoughtfully to dispose and adjudicate these cases, and easier simply to deny applications for entry into the United States?

I hope to be forgotten, but not gone as well.

The NCA is a comprehensive, scientifically rigorous analysis and assessment of the available information primarily from the U.S. Government, yes.

Climate-related disasters in developing countries not only have significant regional, local and regional socioeconomic impacts, but also set back U.S. investments, humanitarian assistance, and national security.

The health and well-being of Americans are already affected by climate change.

We have got a job to produce the most accurate, robust, and defendable science. Policymakers need to be able to trust the science.

This trade war lacks a clear strategy with no end in sight.

President Trump has gotten the U.S. into a trade war with China, which is harming American farmers and businesses.

They have to be part of SAMHSA's website----

I do think that the addiction treatment industry is very similar to the nursing home industry.

I think what you're getting at is the quality of the facility that you're referring someone to.

We are a treatment organization. We have 39 treatment centers in 9 States, and that's where we make the bulk of our revenue.

No, sir, we don't refer people to clinics.