I have to say I was disappointed that the budget proposes to eliminate the Challenge Cost Share Program.

I know you have visited other schools in Indian Country, and you are hearing the alarm bells go off loud and clear.

We will figure out what is going on.

We have to find a balance, Mr. Jenkins. But we have to be proactive because some of the things that are lurking out there are potential carcinogens.

I am not an attorney, but it has been my experience here in Congress that if things are clearly settled in a court, then it goes to the judgment fund.

I want you to know that we value the research that USGS has done to better understand our water quality and use.

I concur with the request that the chair is making. I think a quarterly report will be very helpful.

I think we need to have those numbers. We need to understand if there were leases, contracts, memorandums of understanding--whatever was incurred with your office--that are going to be transferring over.

In northern Minnesota, copper-nickel sulfide mining poses a threat to the water quality of Voyageurs National Park, and the Boundary Waters Canoes Wilderness Area.

That is why last year working together in a very nonpartisan way, we increased funding for replacement school construction by $25 million.

The U.S. Forest Service is charged with sustaining the health, diversity, and productivity of our Nation's forests and grasslands, and that is no small deed.

We need to be investing more and not less in such programs.