There is no substitute for a strong economic foundation and smart investments in our children and workers.

I just want you to know that I'll be working to increase the funding for WIPP when we mark up the fiscal year 2018 NDAA.

Would you agree that LDRD is an absolutely critical component to be able to recruit the quality of applicants that we need?

I want to actually thank the Chair and the Ranking Member for bringing up with General Klotz the incredible importance of investing in the plutonium capability and the trusted microelectronics at the Mesa facility.

No objection.

Budgets are a direct demonstration of our priorities.

The Federal Government has treaty and trust responsibilities to provide vital services, including health care and education, to Native American and Alaska Native tribes.

I signed a letter to President Trump urging him to exempt Indian programs from the February hiring freeze.

We are moving forward because we cannot wait because it is patients we are seeing. That is the focus of everything that we do.

I just want to say the GAO listing this as a high risk opportunity is a chance for us to work together...

I can tell you that constituents of mine who visit Washington and have meetings within all of these agencies do not feel, at the senior level, there is guidance because folks are in an acting position rather than having people in the…

If you take that Medicaid money, you are going to end up rolling back a lot of the achievements you have made, isn't that true?

It is a framework that can modify and morph over time specific to the needs, a living document, but with five priorities in place, it is a good framework.

In my view, this designation presents the Committee with an opportunity.

You and I have been talking for a long time about doing a hearing like this.

I think sports are good for young people. I think exercise is good.

The Space Enterprise Vision identifies the need to transform our nation's approach to space over the course of more than a decade.

We need to be both strategic and realistic about the policies that we pursue.