Jerry Moran

Woman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: In section 533, amend paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) was transferred to the United States Naval Station…

We need to keep a secret here and let our community colleges know in advance of what the Secretary just said.

I am troubled by the Department's mismanagement of the Job Corps program.

Nearly 4 years after the recession officially ended, the unemployment rate still remains high, at 7.5 percent.

If the official unemployment rate accounted for these 'discouraged' workers, the real unemployment would be 13.9 percent.

I remain concerned about the lack of priority the administration has put on funding longstanding employment and training programs.

Healthcare is a significantly growing opportunity for Americans.

We need to make certain funds are efficiently used and targeted to programs that are most effective.

I suspected not. So at this point I will yield back, and I'm anxious to hear from the chairman of the subcommittee.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike section 413. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

I want to encourage you to use every tool that is available that Congress gives you to implement these sanctions.

Our country faces tremendous foreign policy challenges. I cannot think of one more serious, more challenging than this one.

The risks of drilling in this sensitive region outweigh the benefits.

I think the most important resource we have is the talented scientists who do the work.

When investigators, with this success rate of 15 or 16 percent, spend most of their time just writing a grant only to have it rejected...

What can I do--what is NIH doing--but what can I do as a Senator in caring for Kansans to make certain they are aware of the opportunity to participate in clinical trials and potentially improve their health and save their lives?

I find this hearing always a place of hope.

I'm a little concerned to see that this year, the numbers seem to be dropping back a bit, and that's actually quite troubling.

In the mid-20th century, economists predicted polio would cost taxpayers $100 billion a year to treat patients in 'iron lung hotels.'

Without a way to prevent, cure, or effectively treat dementia, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to rein in costs.

Let me ask about the status of NCATS. I was supportive of its establishment.

And there's no justifiable reason that we should expect that plan at this point? That's just not accomplishable, at this point?

Without adequate and sustained Federal support for medical research, trainees will be driven from the medical field or into the arms of our global competitors.

Science and research are the foundation of innovation, growth in our economy, and the solution to the myriad of issues that confront the health and well-being of our Nation.

Without continued investment in the NIH we jeopardize our current scientific progress, risk losing a generation of scientists, and stunt our Nation's global competitiveness.