I am concerned about rule of law. I am concerned about the deaths.

I view that this Department is failing to protect this country, which is its core mission.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. And Chairman Comer, I want to thank you for your not only meeting with at least Republicans before this hearing, but expressing your confidence that you believe that we could have a thoughtful meeting…

It would make sense not to rely on self-certification in the future, and yet the Biden Administration is proposing to allow applicants for student loan forgiveness to self-certify for this benefit.

This is an embarrassment, in my opinion, and I think the opinion of most people where I represent in Texas, that we are encouraging this behavior.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and I want to thank our witness for being here and the conversation that she is having with the Committee.

I feel like a heist has taken place, and nobody knows who that masked man was that rode off into the sunset.

The purpose of this hearing is to begin this face-to-face investigation by the IG.

It seems like we have gotten off into equity and diversity and all these other matters. I would like to, if I can, go a little bit higher and go to the challenges of politically driven agendas.

I believe the first nine months with the self-certification went unchecked, and that had a lot to do with a lot of the fraud.

On the other hand, Congress and the Biden Administration took decisive action to identify improper payments and to combat fraud.