According to a recent study from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, 13 percent of Wisconsin's African American men of working age were behind bars, which is almost double the national average of 6.7 percent.

I believe that has continued over time, and we have additional restrictions once a person is back in the community.

In Wisconsin, African Americans constitute only 6 percent of the State population, a little bit more. Thirty-five percent of those incarcerated in State prisons are African American.

Forty-five percent of the inmates at our Federal correctional facility, Oxford, are African American, and 19.3 are Hispanic.

The fact is, 98 percent of those who get a Bachelor's or a higher degree never return to prison.

The role of whistleblowers is critical to running an effective organization.

More must be done to change the culture at the VA.

Thank you very much, and I very much appreciate the scheduling of this hearing.

Transparency with technological capabilities and software is part of----

If you would, I would love to have you answer that in more detail because obviously, transparency and metrics is going to be helpful.

I absolutely share the Chairman and Ranking Member's commitment to finding the way to address deliberate data blocking.

I believe in exploring innovation in higher education, but coupled with guardrails to protect our most vulnerable students.