Lawmakers grilled Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer on the agency‘s controversial decision to pause Job Corps centers across the country during her appearance Thursday before the House Education and Workforce Committee.

The Trump administration had sought to shut down the program, which provides free education and vocational training for low-income people between the ages of 16 and 24 across the country. A federal judge, though, blocked the effort Wednesday night, putting it on pause. The controversy featured heavily in the hearing on Thursday.