Jaime Herrera Beutler

I am a huge fan of Pell. I am a big supporter of Pell.

I think how in the world could I expect an educator with a ton of kids in her classroom, and all those kids are like my kid, who I am like 'Just sit still. Just, for the love of God, sit still.'

I can so relate with parents and pandemics and academics and social and emotional well-being because in our house as it implodes on a daily basis.

And my concern is the message we are sending to the next generation.

I still--you know, I grew up in the 'don't do drugs.' And man, I can remember the commercials.

I wanted to follow up on the fentanyl conversation a little bit.

In my area, switching to workforce shortages, and very quickly, obviously, we don't have enough of anything, right?

The biggest challenge I have heard is it has been great that CMS, there were waivers in place to pay for it.

And I wanted to bring up just a quick follow-up on my colleague's question about Title 42 and rescinding that authority.

We just hope that a fire doesn't start?

So we are not getting any like actual fire suppression benefit out of that money this year?

I fully support doing what needs to be done to keep everyone who passes through the doors of Congress safe.

That is shocking to me if you consider how much Federal land there is in the West and the mortality of the land on the Federal forest.

Okay. We learned in an emergency, don't be in the Chamber.

We need to do it with the utmost scrutiny and transparency.

I really appreciate how proactive you have been on reaching out on a number of things that the AOC has been working on.

So we passed, the House passed H.R. 4738, and it is called the COVID-19 American History Project Act, and it was very broadly supported.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is great to see you, Dr. Hayden, and your team from the Library for being here.

I think with the threatening communications that Members are receiving, it is untenable.

Thank you for breaking it down.

Can I ask just so that--because I am still--I am fuzzy on the different business units. Could you just--is it possible to give me examples so that I follow you easier? Thank you.

Thank you for all that you are doing in this reopening effort. We truly, truly appreciate it, and I encourage everything we can do to get to that full opening.

It was both exciting to hear that you are revamping everything, but distressing to hear that there are not enough people to bind books that can pass those background checks.

She is the widow of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow. So he was the 41-year-old newly elected Representative from Louisiana who tragically died of COVID before he was actually sworn in.

And so the $5 million will be a cushion fund?