Mr. Chairman, I would like to take this opportunity to note that Senator Hassan and I have requested a hearing in this Committee on the current state of the U.S. media landscape.

Do you believe that career Foreign Service and civil service officers serve an important role in our Nation's diplomacy?

On March 8, I wrote to Secretary Tillerson, along with Senators Whitehouse and Blumenthal, asking what, if any, taxpayer resources are being spent to secure Trump organization commercial real estate around the globe.

Just this past week, we learned that the State Department spent approximately $15,000 at a Trump Hotel in Vancouver when the President's daughter stayed there.

I really believe that taxpayers are entitled to know how their money is being spent.

I am hoping you can help us answer these questions.

So they do have a full leadership team?

This is why access to universal pre-K is so important and why I am a strong advocate of the two-generation approach.

I am proud of the subcommittee's work that included an increase for IHS in the most recent Omnibus.

I don't believe that we can just say the solution is going to be everybody is going to move to an urban area.

This budget reduces funding for purchased and referred care by over $14 million.

It plays a critical role in supporting educational needs of Indian students by making sure Native students have school supplies, culturally-based extracurricular opportunities, academic tutoring and other critical tools to ensure a…

I was pleased this subcommittee was able to secure additional funding for alcohol and substance abuse programs in the Omnibus.

It is a really deplorable situation, which we hope you can assure us that we are going to get on a path, so we can remedy this.

We also know that a college degree is not and should not be the only path to a bright future.

We need a vibrant rural small town economy in this country and one that is not purely based on low-wage service-sector jobs.

What should we be doing to make sure that, you know, we avoid that scenario with your students or other students across the country?

Do not get sick after June, and that is because we ran out of money in this purchased and referred care item.