If you give us more authority and more resources, we could do more.

I think that has a ramification. Because if you don't invest in those children, they become not necessarily taxpayers, but tax takers.

Nor do I hear that we want to have 2 million of the most vulnerable people in America not have access to healthcare centers.

But who is kidding who? The blind students will be teaching the teachers.

I, too, am saddened by the fact that museums are not eligible to apply for Community Project Funding because it is a real need.

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.

A bipartisan majority of Members that has supported abortion funding restrictions for 46 years has understood that funding restrictions are critical to support for other social welfare appropriations.

It makes no sense for Congress to fund elective abortion with tax dollars.

And to dismiss that completely and act as if it is not an issue I think would be doing a disservice to the American people.

What is the thinking of the administration in doing that?

I support programs that provide quality early education, access to quality healthcare, and programs to help people with disabilities live independent lives.

We must cut the size and the scope of the Federal Government.

public health, especially in a time of crisis, is an inherent political activity, and public trust is very delicate.

And so we appreciate your testimony, and we look forward to working with the National Marrow Donor Program.

What we are hoping is that the committee will be able to make an investment...$53,000,000 this year.

As a father, I am very concerned about the proposed Title IX regulations that I believe will do grave harm to the safety and success of young women athletes and girls across the country.

Rural Americans are the backbone of this country.

I urge you to increase funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers by $750,000,000 in fiscal year 2024.

I understand that mental health is really a serious issue in this country, and sometimes it is the hidden illness that we don't see so much of the time.

Let us show Will how Congress can take action and partner with us, work with NIH, and be a force for change to finally make progress on PANS and PANDAS research.

Thank you. Thank you. And again, as a fellow Alabamian, we welcome you here, and glad to have your testimony.

the budget request nearly triples the amount of funding for firearm research.

This committee, Mr. Secretary, as you well know, is a people's committee whose actions have an extraordinary impact on the well-being of our people.

It is unconscionable that there are companies, there are employers in America who are employing 12- and 13-year-olds to do work that even is dangerous for an adult.

There are some rumors out there that the President may overturn Space Command regarding the basing decision.