Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (116th Congress)
Washington, May 08, 2019
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Kay Granger gave the following opening statement during the Committee's hearing on the Administration's Unaccompanied Children Program:
"I would like to thank Chairwoman Delauro and Ranking Member Cole, who also serves as the Vice Ranking Member for the Full Committee, for holding this hearing today.
"The treatment of children entering our country unaccompanied by an adult is one that concerns all of us.
"I have been engaged on this issue since 2014 when our country experienced an unprecedented surge in the number of unaccompanied children, mostly teenagers, coming across our southern border.
"At the time, I was Chair of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, and the Speaker of the House asked me to lead a congressional task force to identify the root causes of the problem and recommend solutions.
