It is very important to make the right choices. And I think Indian education is very important.
But the distinction here is you are using the word 'program,' not project. The OMB described this program as not meeting...
We want this funded. We want it funded now.
the NAWS program, which is, as I said, under construction, is anything other than a stellar program and the continuation...
Well, let me understand this because when a project is underway or under construction, and the groundbreaking has taken ...
And for anybody to suggest to me that because there are fewer people in North Dakota that it somehow does not quite meas...
But the Federal Government said: 'No, no. We will give you some benefits.' And we said: 'All right. That is a fair trade...
I feel very strongly about tribal colleges, UTTC, about NAWS and some other issues.
It is not the right choice to de-fund United Tribes Technical College.
We have got to adequately fund firefighting and fire suppression and preparedness, and this is not the case in these bud...
I am deeply concerned with the way the administration has prioritized its scarce resources.
the folks in Minot, North Dakota, and northwestern North Dakota are really upset, and that is a mild way of saying it, u...
I mean, there is no excuse for what the Office of Management and Budget has done.
The Forest Service is not a good neighbor, and when you have got an infestation of 30,000 or 40,000 acres of leafy spurg...
The President has put his administration on course in support of this, which I think is very important.
I have indicated I think it is timid in terms of funding, but I do not mean that as a heavy criticism.
Madam Chairman, thank you very much.
Talk to me about that, if you would.
