making healthful school meals accessible to low-income families is a priority for your agency

There are places where we want to keep roads open----

Under Secretary Bonnie, I know that you are well aware, and so is the whole Committee, that Congress, unfortunately, is a bit gridlocked on the Forest Service wildfire budget situation.

we have a terrible end result. We have people drinking unsafe water.

what we all want is good and effective government. And for me it is irrelevant whether that good and effective protective government is at the Federal level, at the State level, or the local level.

there is a serious critical difference between the response of Governor Snyder and the response of Governor Kasich.

I rise today to remember a great New Mexican and a great American, Dr. Miguel Encinias, who passed away on Saturday, February 20, at the age of 92. New Mexico has a long and proud tradition of military service. Dr. Encinias is often called…

Thank you very much, Senator Baldwin.

I would call on everybody to remove those holds and put the Inspector General in place for the Veterans Administration.

I understand that you recently signed off on a medical investigator report pertaining to the Albuquerque VA medical center.

I look forward to an update on this research as it moves forward on how we can ensure veterans get the treatment they need for such exposure.

I will submit my additional questions for the record, because my time has expired.

I think you have made some good progress, including yesterday's announcement that the VA is now able to fund care for all veterans with hepatitis C.

I was very excited to hear that you all are working with medical schools and standing up medical schools and additional residencies, which really make a difference.

Madam Chairman, you've been a great champion for programs that are so critical to Native communities in both our States and throughout Indian Country.

So when your children stand in front of you, stand in front of the adults and say stop it, enough is enough, it is well past time to act.

I want to thank Chairman Murkowski for working with me to produce a very solid budget for the Service this year.

It's absolutely intolerable for any IHS emergency facility to close for any amount of time, and cutbacks to essential services like obstetrics are also unacceptable.