"It is really a make-or-break priority."
"Thank you to all of you and everybody who works at the National Institutes of Health. This is, I think it's fair to say, among the most inspiring, invigorating hearings that we have."
"Get your kids vaccinated. Follow the recommendations from the professional societies like the American Academy of Pediatrics. Don't worry. This is a good thing. This will help your kids."
"we need new alternatives for pain management and the NIH and our partners will develop them."
"With the exception of our longstanding commitments to the Republic of Korea and Japan, we've largely had a 'places, not bases' defense posture in the Asia Pacific."
"I worry that others, such as quality-of-life and infrastructure improvement projects are getting pushed to the right or cut entirely."
"If it is absolutely mission-critical, I have no doubt that we get it, because that's essential."
"I fear that places like Alaska, places like Hawaii, get harmed in that process because things get pushed to the right."
"I am also a strong supporter of self determination and S. 2304 will empower Native Americans to make decisions most beneficial to their communities in an educational context."
"Among the most promising best practices in native education at every level are programs that integrate Native language and cultural revitalization."
"Last year, Senators Schatz, Murkowski, Sullivan and I introduced an amendment which was subsequently enacted into public law to study the benefits of Native American language immersion education."
"I am struck, Dr. Boham, by a phrase you used earlier in the hearing, strengthen identity."