Reform committee came after they approved in number of other measures, including renaming several u. S. Postal service locations. Before we come to order, i wanted to welcome some student interns who are at Johns Hopkins university visiting my district. Welcome. We are pleased to have you. [applause] the committee will now come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time, pursuant to commit people five and house rule 11. The chair may postpone further proceedings today on the question of approving any measure or matter or adopting an amendment where a recorded vote of the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to notice, i call up bill 406 the federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program act of 2019. The clerk will report the bill, which was distributed in advance. S406 the federal rotational Workforce Program act of 2019. Without objection, the bill is considered read and open to amendment at any point. I now recognize myself for fi
The committee on immigration citizenship is in order. We are here today to explore an aspect of our immigration system that generally uses far less attention than community read. Migration flow from central america. Mistreatment of families at the border. Is a very serious issue. They will continue to examine them. The Current Situation must not be overlooked. Record high case backlogs and policy changes make it harder to obtain benefits. They deserve careful attention. These are profound problems that have a direct impact on countless individuals. Other entities such as hospitals. Im sure others will agree that we hear about these issues on almost a daily basis. Although they have struggle with backlogs since its creation, the Agency Reports that the current backlog in 2019 more than 2. 4 million cases. This represents the incredible 344 percent increase for the backlog of cases in 2014. It is the largest backlog since 2003 when they came to a halt in the aftermath of the 9 11 terrori
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Without objection, the bill is considered read and open to amendment at any point. I now recognize myself for five minutes. I want to thank my colleagues in the senate. , margaretry peters hassan, and ron johnson, for on the federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program act of 2019. The bipartisan bill passed the senate by unanimous consent at the end of april, and i am pleased to consider it today. This measure would create a program in which cyber personnel could be detailed to other agencies to develop additional skills and help build fill agency skill gaps. Requireslation would identifying cyber petitions positions eligible for rotation and report those to the office of personnel management. It would be required to distribute a list of the positions available for participation. The bill would require opm, officers andapital the department of Homeland Security to develop an Operational Plan for the program that includes a merit based selection process. Details would be anda maximum of
Before we come to order, i want to welcome student interns at John Hopkins University in my district. Welcome. Were pleased to have you. The committee will now come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. Pursuant to Committee Rule five and house rule 11, the chair may postpone further proceedings today on the question of approving any measure or manner or adopting an amendment for which a recorded vote for the yays and nays are ordered. Now, pursuant to notice, i call senate bill 406, federal rotational cyber Work Force Program act of 2019. The clerk will report the bill which was distributed in advance. S 406, federal rotational cyber Work Force Program act of 2019. Without objection, the bill is considered read and open to amendment at any point. I now recognize myself for five minutes. I want to thank my colleagues in the senate, senator gary peters, john hovin, margaret hasan, and ron johnson for good work on senate bill