Betty McCollum

While Indian education is a tough responsibility for the Department of the Interior, it is a moral responsibility for all of us.

Education is a cornerstone and the foundation in which we build our collective future.

Right now, with sequestration, we have Impact Aid really being cut.

I have actually seen doctors in action doing it. We do it with some of our low-income immigrant groups, as well as our Native American families.

If you are taking money for repair and you are on a list, either the three-school list or the new list, and you start doing repair work, sometimes there is concern that that is going to move you down the list.

water comes down to, as you so eloquently said, a basic human right.

The sequestration is going to take $220 million from IHS, and I think for many of us, we were quite surprised.

There is significant room for improvement in Indian test scores and the delivery of the Indian educational services.

I think one of the boxes that we are all going to have to ask are checked off by our colleagues and by the Administration is: and how are the Indian children and elders doing?

I think being more responsible and making sure and ensuring that those dollars actually go to native students is an issue that we have to address.

I am so proud of your work, the administration's work, your staff's work.

I just wanted to put it on the radar.

In this Congress, the safety net which protects millions of Americans, elderly, children, and the disabled, is under attack.

If waste, fraud, and abuse is taking place, it must be investigated and the responsible company, individual, or State needs to be held accountable.

There should be no confusion about the current Republican plan, which was voted on in the chamber a week or two ago regarding Medicaid: they want to cut it and they want to block grant it.

I think you summarized why we need to address this really well, watch out for taxpayers...

I think we have come to a good conclusion with that.

the term 'unconstitutional,' versus not in the Constitution, directed in the Constitution are two very different ideas

If kids are hungry, they cannot concentrate in the classroom.

The asian carp is coming, and we need a better approach than the one that is currently out there.

No one is taking credit for the language that is in the Omnibus Bill. No one.

The Army Corps is in charge of building things and moving water fast, but it is impacting two issues which we have direct jurisdiction over.

I am concerned about this issue, and I had a conversation with the Park Service.

All politics is local, and I was with MAST this morning.

Getting back to healthcare for a second, let's discuss what you are seeing with your hospitals.