Dan Kildee

we hope this Committee can move us toward that justice.

We are not saying by any means there is no need for a solution. Let us just make sure it is the right solution that respects the needs of citizens and communities and towns and cities and states as well as a fair process and also that…

Sovereignty is not just a theoretical thing, it is a practical thing.

Your abiding interest in justice for our Native Americans certainly reaches back to at least the 33 years that you have been in Congress, and the Indians have benefitted from your sense of justice.

I think we have to recognize that. We are not talking to some corporation, or the Elks Club, or the Knights of Columbus, but we are talking to sovereign nations and their rights under their sovereignty.

The Treaty of Detroit guaranteed you the right to fish in perpetuity, and perpetuity means perpetuity.

I hope that your underlying attitude in implementing this bill would be one of streamlining, so money would not be lost.

This law was written for a very important reason: respect for the first Americans.

I am very happy that we are having this hearing. It is very important that the Federal government carry out its responsibility, I think both legal and moral responsibility, to make sure these sites are respected and cared for, protected…

H.R. 3697 and H.R. 3742.

This represents America, the greatness of America, and I'm very proud to serve with these people on the education and labor subcommittee.

I urge you to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and support Congressman Kildee's Fast Track to College Act.

What they've seen is what a great educational system we have here and how you integrate between higher ed and from the kindergarten up or preschool how it's integrated.

How do you fund--Dr. Lotfi first, how do you fund those programs, where would you find the dollars for that?

The landmark bill that passed yesterday emerged from his subcommittee, from his mind and his heart. He worked very hard on that bill.

the Fast Track is the right track to providing our children with necessary tools to compete in a global state.

The healthcare industry in Genesee County supports Congressman Kildee's Fast Track to College Act.

I have introduced the Fast Track to College Act with my Senate colleague Herb Kohl.

I strongly urge support for the Fast Track to College Act, since I witness every day the solid results that come from well-executed early college programs.

If people want to see how these programs work, let them come to Flint and Genesee County. We've got it here.

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has been very, very important to this Nation, very important to my State.

I am not sure how aware they are of advocating and pushing that we fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

I think it is as important, when I travel through the country, particularly through Michigan, I know the Governors would never let us take money from the highway fund.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We all know that water is essential for life.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.