These two bills, H.R. 375 and H.R. 312, would put many tribes on the pathway to better health, better education and great self-reliance.

Thank you for your attention to this bipartisan legislation as we work to support the existence of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

the solutions coming out of the White House are making it worse, not better, and I darn sure don't want to take 6, 7, $8 billion out of DOD to build some wall that isn't going to make the situation any better.

There has to be--you know, it is like when the cords get all bundled up, there has got to be some place to start to sort of pull it apart and start working.

I think is folly. In a $4.75 trillion budget, obsessing over tens of billions of dollars in the discretionary portion of it, be it defense or non-defense, isn't all that helpful from a fiscal responsibility standpoint and is unbelievably…

This committee does not accept that.

It is dangerous to have national security analysis conform to politics.

It is just astounding. It is bizarre.

We must anticipate that it will again evolve in new ways to address this changing landscape.

It is critical to have a strategy for NATO to grow and evolve and address the new and emerging threats.

NATO has long been, and will continue to be, a cornerstone of our security and defense policies.