We are literally drowning.

I strongly disagree with the policies of this administration.

How do you explain that from fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2013 more than 60 percent of the BIE's schools in South Dakota received a decrease in their ISEP funds?

I do appreciate the administration's recognition of the value of conservation, tourism, hunting, and fishing to our Nation's economy.

That money cannot leave the gulf coast.

Please do.

I would also like to touch on the Indian School Equalization Program (ISEP).

Isn't it just as wrong to do it indirectly as it is directly?

I imagine it will be under consideration until after the election, and then it will probably be litigated to an even greater extent than it is being litigated now.

I think when we are talking about the legalities of this, we had better be darned sure that people are not fined for protecting their well-held religious beliefs.

This is not an issue of a single religious denomination. A lot of this is centered around what the Catholic Church teaches.

One of the ways we can keep the money flowing to help victims is to make sure it is not wasted in duplication of effort.

this shows that the programs work.

The time of the gentlewoman has expired.

Every time a VAWA reauthorization has come up, there has been overwhelming bipartisan support for it.

Mr. President, I thank Senator Portman. Again, I so value his experience. Being the head of OMB himself, he understands these numbers. What I have been trying to do over the last couple days is, I have been trying to figure out where is…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks for holding this hearing today.

So without Federal Government assistance, this program will not continue at the State and local level, period.