I would agree now is not the time for us to take the foot off the pedal when we're starting to see these early breakthroughs that affect so many families across the country.

If we learned anything during these energy price spikes last year, it's that Americans cannot afford for their government to blindly prioritize climate goals over the reliable and affordable energy they need to go about their daily lives.

Alzheimer's and dementia-related research must remain a national priority.

I'm pleased that the budget devotes increases to the Cancer Moonshot and significant resources to the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health or ARPA-H to focus on finding cures and treatments for cancer.

I really want to thank you and Senator Reed for the initial passage of the Star Act and its reauthorization this year.

Supported funding for biomedical research at NIH has long been a bicameral, bipartisan priority.

I think we've got to do a really deep down analysis, but I think where we really need to--and you all are doctors and thank goodness you are, but sometimes we need to communicate in plain language what is actually going on.

We need to do this together, work together.

There will be, and like if we look at like Dr. Volkow's area of expertise, it was thought initially, oh, well, if people can do telemedicine in this area with their-- and then you saw the numbers go up.

I want to ask you about the flat funding in Alzheimer's which makes absolutely no sense to me when we see the raging numbers.

I think one of the values in this particular exercise is for the soldiers to get ahold of some of the newer technology or the breaking technology so that it's not stuck in this developmental phase and you can actually see what's in a…

I think one of the values in this particular exercise is for the soldiers to get ahold of some of the newer technology or the breaking technology so that it's not stuck in this developmental phase and you can actually see what's in a…

That's simply unconscionable to me, especially as the Administration is hypocritically happy to target producers for not producing more while pursuing a regulatory environment and efforts designed to kill the industry by a thousand cuts.

In my view, Interior's failures to comply with laws Congress has passed is not a question of funding, it is a question of misplaced priorities.

I have been very vocal about how concerned I am that we are still waiting for the next five-year offshore program of oil and gas lease sales.

I think one of the values in this particular exercise is for the soldiers to get ahold of some of the newer technology or the breaking technology so that it's not stuck in this developmental phase and you can actually see what's in a…

I firmly believe that we and our allies are going to need fossil fuels for the foreseeable future and that robust and continued leasing by the Department are a key part of that effort to maintain U.S. leadership in energy security.

This morning, the Committee will be discussing the President's proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget for the Department of the Interior and other items within its purview.