I am disappointed in that. For example, my State has the highest percentage of students who qualify for the benefits of the title I program.

Thank you very much.

We found in our State that bringing all these programs together in one location certainly helps a lot, particular to the very young, those who haven't started elementary school.

The budget includes a very critical increase of nearly $1 billion for the NIH.

It is our obligation to review the request and consider the opinions of those who are involved in education.

We look forward to working with you to support our Nation's investment in healthcare, social services programs, medical research, and disease prevention.

I hope the administration will look carefully at the decisions that are made by the congressional committees in the House and the Senate.

I am pleased that your budget includes a $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health.

I think the Secretary has done a great job in presenting the budget request and answering our questions.

The budget makes a historic investment in fighting healthcare fraud.

We set aside, in fiscal year 2009, $224 million in a program designated for Institutional Development Awards.

The years 0 to 5 are at least as important as the years that children spend in kindergarten through the 12th grade.

Well, one thing that bothers me, too, is the fact that we have level funding proposed by the administration for the REAP.

So I hope the administration will take another look at the budget request and work with the Congress to try to identify a fairer and more acceptable program for rural schools and small States.

I hope that we can see funding directed to programs like that so that we can continue to see progress that can be made.

We appreciate their sacrifice and their service and their leadership in helping ensure that, here at home and around the world, our servicemen and women get the best medical care available.

It's a pleasure to join you in welcoming the leaders of our doctors and nurses who serve in the military forces.

we appreciate some of the highlights you outlined and of your intentions as Secretary to solve some of the problems.

So we welcome these efforts. And we hope that we can work with the Department to put the money where the problem is and let you show us what can be done.

Well, we appreciate that. And it's very impressive to contemplate the amount of work and effort that went into this.

We look forward to working with you in the appropriations process to identify priorities, to make sure that we have money where the needs are.

I wonder, just as a general proposition, the extent to which our services are able to recruit and retain qualified medical personnel.

The total consolidation between the Navy and the VA in North Chicago will allow Navy Medicine to meet our mission in Great Lakes.

the Navy is in the process of 'rebalancing' the force to reduce battle fatigue from multiple deployments

And it's really remarkable, I think. And you're to be congratulated, I think, as a service.