I think one of the boxes that we are all going to have to ask are checked off by our colleagues and by the Administration is: and how are the Indian children and elders doing?

The sequestration is going to take $220 million from IHS, and I think for many of us, we were quite surprised.

If you are taking money for repair and you are on a list, either the three-school list or the new list, and you start doing repair work, sometimes there is concern that that is going to move you down the list.

I just wanted to put it on the radar.

I think being more responsible and making sure and ensuring that those dollars actually go to native students is an issue that we have to address.

That rate is half of what our state sees for white students.

There is significant room for improvement in Indian test scores and the delivery of the Indian educational services.

Education is a cornerstone and the foundation in which we build our collective future.

Right now, with sequestration, we have Impact Aid really being cut.

While Indian education is a tough responsibility for the Department of the Interior, it is a moral responsibility for all of us.

It was never the objective of Gramm-Rudman to trigger sequester.

We should be very shocked that it is happening here.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks to the witnesses for being here.

I mean it is just sort of an envelope slid under the door; a very, very strange, I would opine, way of communicating with the Congress of the United States.

the fact of the matter is sequestration is something that both sides have their skin in the game.

It is unconscionable for the Office of Management and Budget, for our government to be telling companies that they should break the law and that they will pick up the penalties for doing this.

I am disappointed the administration has refused to cooperate in good faith with this committee's oversight investigation into this matter.

I am quite disappointed that we are not in session next week.