Can you please confirm that you intend to continue the longstanding practice of responding to written questions and correspondence from both majority and minority Members of this subcommittee as quickly as possible?

I am very concerned by your decision, Mr. Secretary, to spend only one hour with Tribal members while other stakeholders received substantially more of your time.

We need to do better and I think this subcommittee will do better when it comes time to write our appropriations bills.

I was pleased that this request includes $5 million to support the design for a new facility in Alamo, New Mexico.

We urge Congress to increase Federal funding for Indian education programs.

I was pleased this subcommittee was able to secure additional funding for alcohol and substance abuse programs in the Omnibus.

this has been an issue that's been studied for 30 years by exposure scientists, and there is very, very strong scientific evidence there

I am disappointed that this budget does not invest more in loan repayment and scholarship programs.

I think the Chief knows that Senator Udall and I just returned from a meeting this morning with the Secretary of Agriculture.

do you agree that we should focus on what we can do to incentivize advanced biofuels rather than only promoting more conventional corn ethanol?

One of the first acts as EPA Administrator was to revoke the food tolerances for chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage and to worker and bystander poisonings.

The administration's budget proposal shows a lack of understanding of the important role that the NEA plays in America today.