WATCH: HHS Inspector General testifies before House committee on unaccompanied migrant children

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The Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm testified Tuesday before a House committee on unaccompanied migrant children.

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"The administration's neglect in properly vetting the sponsors of unaccompanied minors who cross our southern border has led to the tragic exploitation of some of these children," House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said. "Recently, multiple articles and an Inspector General report raised certain instances of negligence that we must address."

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