It sounds to me that this needs to be done at the State level, to go in and repeal that law.

Well, because that goes to funding for Legal Services.

But did any of the studies that you cited make recommendations as to what we can do to make the banks more accountable under the CRA?

But as a child care professional, are you concerned about some of the conditions that some of the children are being placed in prior to coming to ORR?

So any representation that all we are doing is having hearings and this is all for--I guess for fun--I am not quite sure what message she was trying to get across, but it is just simply not true.

I really did take exception with Ranking Member Collins making a suggestion that all we are doing is having hearings but that there is no action, that we believe to file bills.

I just wanted to submit for the record... about a 16-year-old child's death.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Before I begin my questions I wanted to thank Representative Cline for acknowledging that we, in fact, have been drafting bills to try to address a lot of these issues.

no one is above the law.

the American people deserve to learn the full facts of the misconduct described in your report.

I always say that Harvey was like the guy who's lost and doesn't want to stop and ask for directions because it wandered--Harvey wandered everywhere.

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