the price of reckless spending is runaway inflation, which is a tax on every American.

I have little confidence that such flexibility would be used to exclusively prepare for pandemic preparedness and biodefense.

What we are hoping is that the committee will be able to make an investment...$53,000,000 this year.

the President's decision to conduct blanket Federal student loan forgiveness... is blatantly unfair to the millions of Americans who never went to college

The Javits Act remains the Federal Government's primary program to promote educational excellence and close excellence gaps.

I think that has a ramification. Because if you don't invest in those children, they become not necessarily taxpayers, but tax takers.

This administration appears to recognize there are no legal boundaries.

Yes, I would be interested in knowing that.

But who is kidding who? The blind students will be teaching the teachers.

Funding restrictions are an important safeguard for taxpayers' conscience rights.

And so we appreciate your testimony, and we look forward to working with the National Marrow Donor Program.

I am a longtime supporter of Pell Grants and the TRIO program.

This committee, Mr. Secretary, as you well know, is a people's committee whose actions have an extraordinary impact on the well-being of our people.

These proposals will do nothing but drive up inflation and punish students who have made difficult choices.

These appropriation riders are essential to protect conscience.

We have had to learn many times without sufficient materials for the task at hand.

We must stop being so complacent about our adversaries' growing influence in our hemisphere.

Nor do I hear that we want to have 2 million of the most vulnerable people in America not have access to healthcare centers.