"Sovereignty issues are in the fabric of our Nation's history, and we have to be really careful and mindful of it."
"I am proud to represent Eastern Connecticut, which is home to two of the largest Native American casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casino."
"I know the Mashantucket's support this legislation, and I want to make that clear on the record."
"we have a budget which we submitted today, the Skinny Budget, so called, for 2018, which proposes to just completely obliterate AmeriCorps."
"I think you would have total, 1000 percent support on both sides of the aisle that we need to come up with, whether it is legislative initiatives or again, the oversight function as a way of trying to..."
"I do believe that we should be a part of the UNCLOS Treaty."
"The mental health bill, which we passed at the end of the last Congress and was signed into law by President Obama, one provision in it was to actually extend National Health Service Corps' loan forgi..."
"If you drill down in some of the testimony, you can actually find a few areas of overlap that is unexpected and helpful, and obviously there are some issues that we really do have to make some decisio..."
"The issue of college affordability was talked about up and down the State, particularly as we talk about strengthening our economy."
"This tells me that there is a lack of information on the part of students and families on how financial aid works and the true cost of going to college."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to all the witnesses."