José E. Serrano: “I seem to get the sense that you both agree that changes need to take place but you do not agree on how the changes or…”

An additional $25 billion cost would severely impact vital programs, not only under this subcommittee, but across all non-defense subcommittees.

I respectfully request that the committee commit to an ever-greater appropriation for the CSO Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2021.

Federal Indian funding should not be discretionary or subject to political discourse of Congress.

Tribal sovereignty should not be subjugated to States by having to receive our Federal funding through grants or set asides administered by States.