health and human services secretary sylvia mathews burwell met with several governors on sunday. many expressed concern about the cost of hosting undocumented immigrants. many are pushing back against the president's $3.7 billion request to address the crisis. i'm joined by nbc's brian mooar in washington. brian, are we going to see a resolution anytime soon? >> reporter: well, that's the big question. here in washington whatever is done it has to be done quickly because congress is about to head off on its august break. with that clock ticking down, the white house is now looking to the states for help. this vacant army reserve building outside of baltimore might have been a temporary shelter for some of the thousands of children streaming across the u.s. border. until residents and local officials said no. >> the bottom line is, the community doesn't want it. the representatives from congress don't want it. the department of health and human services shouldn't be looking at it. >> reporter: it's just one example of the pushback that the obama administration is facing as it trie

i'm glad sylvia mathews burwell is still over at h.h.s. i'm happy to support shaun's nomination and hope all my colleagues do as well. thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that the vote of confirmation on the donovan nominee occur at 2:05 p.m. and that senator murray be in control at the final two minutes prior to the vote. that's my request. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: thank you. mr. vitter: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise today to discuss the growing crisis of unaccompanied daily children streaming across our southern border. it has been called a mounting crisis, including the security crisis it is. there are some 52,000 who have come across in the last several months according to recent reports up from just a few thousand a year ago. and the threat is that that will grow significantly. it is continuing to grow. this has been called a humanitarian crisis, and it is. these are in most cases vulnerabl

jeh johnson will be grilled and hh s secretary sylvia mathews burwell about the funding request. >> i cannot vote for a provision which will then just perpetuate an unacceptable human crisis. >> take these minors, identify where they came from. i have gone online. it costs $207 on a one-way trip in terms of plane flight, put them into a hotel, feed them, and return them to the country of origin. >> frankly, my republican friends can't have it both ways. sue the president for abusing his executive authority, and at the same time come to this floor and criticize him for a lack of leadership. >> and all across the country americans are debating the crisis. last night people in vassar, michigan, protested a plan that would house central american children there. >> if we don't have a border, we have no nation. i don't want these people here. i want them back where they came from. >> they are still our neighbors. if your neighbor comes to your door and knox on knocks on it a asks you for help, do you ignore it? these people, they're human. you're going to let them go back home and starve? >

although secretary sebelius recently left health and human services, i expect the new secretary sylvia mathews burwell to take this issue very seriously. ultimately, the secretary of h.h.s. has the responsibility to ensure the health research grants are not abused. she needs to ensure that agencies within h.h.s. have all the tools that they need to recover money lost to fraud and to prevent it from happening, even in the first place. secretary burwell should investigate dr. wright's allegations about the office of research integrity and fix the problems that dr. wright outlined before his resignation. oversight is an extremely important part of the government's role. unfortunately, it is often ignored and taxpayers' dollars are abused. when researchers abuse the public trust, health and human services and all of its components should use all the powers that they have to investigate, resolve the problem, and get the money back. they owe it to the american taxpayers. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quor