"What we are hoping is that the committee will be able to make an investment...$53,000,000 this year."
"And so we appreciate your testimony, and we look forward to working with the National Marrow Donor Program."
"Even with the committee's generous increase of funding last year, the act only provides less than 30 cents for each of the country's 56 million K-12 students."
"The Javits Act remains the Federal Government's primary program to promote educational excellence and close excellence gaps."
"So, but this program, 21st Century Learning Centers, is named after Nita Lowey, who was the chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee, who was very, very much committed to the afterschool program, as I..."
"I urge you to increase funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers by $750,000,000 in fiscal year 2024."
"Funding restrictions are an important safeguard for taxpayers' conscience rights."
"But who is kidding who? The blind students will be teaching the teachers."
"We have had to learn many times without sufficient materials for the task at hand."
"I, too, am saddened by the fact that museums are not eligible to apply for Community Project Funding because it is a real need."
"These appropriation riders are essential to protect conscience."