I appreciate your holding this hearing. And thanks to the panelists.

Your mission does not include doing outreach or requiring that outreach is an effective component for access to capital by disadvantaged or minority farmers.

Mr. President, the attacks in Paris were an unconscionable act of terrorism. America stands with the people of France and people of Paris, as we support those grieving and those working to deliver justice to the people involved. Make no…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ISIL

Mr. President, let me thank my colleague Senator Warren for those very eloquent remarks. She and the Senators she traveled with have taught us a lot. We have heard her comments, and she is right. Our values in the United States of America…

I applaud this Committee and Senator Tom Udall for taking action on the quality of education Native American students, families and Native nations receive.

They are telling the elders who have spoken this language sometimes for 70 or 80 years that they have to go back and get a degree in order to learn how to teach the language to the younger people?

We really have to work on that one.

Thank you, Mr. MoQuino, for those comments.

My bill, the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act provides grants to Native American language and educational organizations to help preserve dying Native languages in Indian country.

That is a big barrier.

Have you seen improvements over this time or do you think the current state of education for Native students is worse than a decade ago?

We want to do everything we can to ensure that the children in Indian country have the best education possible.

We can and must do more for our children.

We are not even really having the decency to maintain all of the infrastructure that previous generations have built and given to us.

Around here it's become more and more politically difficult for many of my colleagues to honestly pay for things.

Mr. President, I want to begin by thanking my colleague the senior Senator from New Mexico Tom Udall for the incredible leadership he has shown on this issue. I know it is something near and dear to his heart and something he absolutely…

Madam President, I yield to my colleague from Michigan. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan. Tribute to Amy Jishi