On the recordJune 12, 2019
The National Association of Home Builders accurately states that ``the Department of Labor has not disclosed any performance metrics or data to support its closure determinations, and it has provided little information on how it will continue to serve the thousands of at-risk youth who will be displaced from their local centers.'' In fact, Mr. Chair, many of the facilities slated to be closed, six out of the nine, like the Fort Simcoe facility in my own district, are some of the highest-performing centers in the country. This simply makes no sense. I thank Mr. Schrader and Mr. DeFazio, my colleagues from Oregon, as well as my colleague from Montana (Mr. Gianforte), for their leadership on this issue, as well as the dozens of bipartisan Members who have been working alongside Mr. DeFazio and myself to stop this proposal from moving forward. I urge my colleagues to support our amendment. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers), my colleague from just east of me.
