Daniel Inouye: “What assurances can you provide that NIH supports the IDeA program and will continue to sustain research infrastructure…”

It is and has always been Federal law and policy that Indian tribes recognized by the Federal Government stand on an equal footing to each other and to the Federal Government.

By allowing the DREAM Act to sit idle, we extinguish hope for a lot of people and deny too many the opportunity I was given.

I strongly urge that the Committee take action to assure that laws relating to Native American languages not only include Native Hawaiians in their wording, but also include Native Hawaiians as actual beneficiaries.

Of course a lot of what the military can use today traces its roots back to science and technology investments.