We must recognize and be prepared to address the consequences of that service and bring to bear our best efforts to ensure that they are thoroughly prepared to serve.

Congress must continue to support the FAA's NextGen implementation that is at the heart of modernizing our air traffic control system.

We should make investments in infrastructure and energy efficiency by continuing incentives for utilizing green building practices.

I will not support turning Medicare into a voucher program because I do not think it is fair to ask a senior in District 1 to choose between medicine and food so we can continue to provide tax breaks for big oil.

I do not support raising the retirement age for Social Security recipients because I do not feel it is fair to ask the construction worker... to work 2 more hours in the blazing sun so we can protect tax breaks for billionaires.

Our budget should be a serious investment in our Nation's ability to compete well into the 21st century.

Today I ask this committee to properly fund the National Park Service because national parks create jobs and drive our local economies.

I am asking this committee to properly fund IHS because the health care for Native Americans is not optional. It is essential.

I am asking this committee to properly fund Impact Aid because every child deserves a quality education no matter where he or she lives.

Madam Speaker, I was born and raised on the White Mountain Apache Nation. The necklace I wear today was made by an Apache woman. I've seen firsthand the troubles and hardships that our tribes experience. Now I represent 12 Native American…

Madam Speaker, the voters sent us to Congress because they want solutions, but reckless, across-the-board cuts are not solutions. We are just 2 days away from the start of these cuts known as sequestration, 2 days away from hurting, rather…