I think everybody on this Committee has heard from veterans about the painfully slow claims process and trying to get through that.
I encourage you to work on this because you know as well as I do that delay feels like unfairness.
We've got to end North Korea as a proliferator, there is certainly reason to believe that North Korea has been involved with Syrian efforts.
The gaps are wide, and they are unacceptable, and we are working aggressively to deal with it.
What Congress had authorized was the Alaska Native Educational Equity Act, and this act provides funding for programs like the remedial and ...
I appreciate the opportunity to work with you on the childhood nutrition and your comments about just the physical health of our children.
Our education statistics are not anything to be proud of as they relate to our Alaska Natives in terms of achievement, dropout rates, colleg...
We believe, are making a difference. They are still very, very necessary to ensure that Alaska Native children have educational equity with ...
We can't have a gap in any part of this educational system where it is kind of OK for you to slough.
I just use this time to make sure you are aware of it and to ask for your commitment to work with us to ensure that we do have continued fun...
I think we recognize that it is not just some decision in senior year of high school that a young man or woman decides, 'I am done with this...
I truly appreciate all that you are poised to do, and what you have done in the past.
Our Arctic policy is about 15 years stale.
We are, by virtue of Alaska, and we have opportunities, when it comes to a leadership role, in collaboration on research, on environmental i...
I have spoken with some of our naval leaders, and they consider themselves to be somewhat disadvantaged by our not having become a party to ...
I also think that within the Department of Energy, one of the challenges that we face is how we educate the rest of the country on what it i...
I feel very strongly that we have to enhance our domestic oil and gas production.
I look for your commitment, if confirmed, which I fully expect will happen here, to work closely with each of us.
