I would just encourage us to meet the President's goal in terms of funding the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement.

I would urge us to continue to invest in and reduce the cuts to would be Community Development Block Grants, Pell Grants, and Head Start.

Taking care of our service members, veterans, and their families, especially in times of war, is of the utmost importance.

Instead of a government by lobbyists dedicated to the wellbeing of the rich and the privileged, we must recommit our nation to a government by the people.

We must meet the bipartisan commitments to fight global AIDS that Congress and President Bush made in 2008.

I urge all my colleagues to join with me and stand together for future of our nation and for all our people.

It is important that our men and women who serve our country receive the world-class care and benefits they have earned.

No one, especially a veteran, should ever have to live without a roof over his or her head.

I also urge the Committee to save the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program that was eliminated in the President's proposed budget.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Secretary, good to see you today. Thanks for being here. I really appreciate almost everything--not quite everything--but almost everything or at least much of what you and the President are trying to do on the…

I just can't reiterate strongly enough the testimonials I have heard from students and administrators and teachers.