I appreciate that, and appreciate your diligence.
I am stymied that so far in this hearing we are more concerned about background checks and those qualifications for people who would be navi...
We are going to need navigators and assisters and outreach and education efforts to facilitate enrollment to the highest degree.
I might argue with you that the benefits under the Affordable Care Act are not more robust for a Native American community.
if you don't do this outreach, people don't know.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I, too, appreciate this discussion, because having critical investments and having as a priority, both publicly...
there is still a federal role, there is a national interest in investing in our economy, in keeping the country together, in policy prioriti...
Even in that tough economic time, the president understood that it was essential to invest in infrastructure.
I actually proposed an amendment to the Republican budget that would fund HIS, which is woefully under-funded.
I want to just highlight a couple. So we have got 63.5 billion for the Administration.
I am in a state that has got negative job growth, and I think the only state in the country.