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Areas, and sustaining existing capabilities. But, again, that measure can be better. On the administrative management side, weve made progress in measuring our ability to effectively, efficiently release the funding, monitor programmatic use of the funds, monitor grantee Financial Management of the funds, monitor the closing of the awards and grantee draw down. Were making progress, mr. Chairman, weve got an opportunity to make even more. Thanks. Yes, sir. For us, i think its about getting good, quality information and data for us to make the right decisions on when we issue a card. Its about ...

This process. Ill just this is a long time ago, but ill share an experience with you. I bought a company in puerto rico, put it into four containers, all the equipment. Everything that was there. All four container arrived at one of my plants here. All the seals were there. When we opened the containers, everything of significant value that could have been marketed was gone. But the seals were still there. So the fact is, and that was way before 9 11. That was in the 70s. But the fact is, that people will try to do it. So my question is, is i guess my question is really this, do we have the ca...

By suggesting one. Chairman carper, youre recognized. Mr. Chairman, to you, our friend, Ranking Member cummings, to our colleagues with whom dr. Coburn and i have worked including the fellow from utah, most recently on really surplus property, access properties, wasted properties. I have a prepared statement im going to ask if we could be included in the record. Without objection. Both of your statements will be required we are not running a clock on you. This isnt the senate. Bear that in mind. [laughter] i like to think, first of all thank you for this thing. Thank you for giving us a chance...

Im worried about holes or gaps. If i can go down that way of this idea of the penetration were seeing sort of equally applied, you know, access to technology is to me a great democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the qu...

Witnesses today. Theres a lot of attendance today. Obviously a discussion that many people are interested in. We do have a series of four votes beginning in a halfhour so im going to be very strict with the time clock today in allowing five minutes to each senator and well be calling on people in order of arrival. So with that, ms. Jones, i wanted to start with you and thank you for sharing your story and being here today to testify. Your story actually really resonates with me. All of my brothers and sisters and i went to college on pell grants and Student Loans to finance our education and i...