This research, these investments is economic development in our future.

Well, thank you very much, Chairman Kingston and Ranking Member DeLauro. This is one of my most favorite places to be because of all the good work you do, and I have had the opportunity to interact with so many of you and I thank you.

Extramural grants fund groundbreaking research, and as Dr. Collins will testify, every $1 of the NIH funding generates $2.21 in local economic growth.

These are services that need greater investments, not cuts.

I hope that the bill will reflect the statistics because as a mother of three and a grandmother of eight...

As we listen to the testimony, I hope that all of the members contemplate the impact to our communities.

These are vital services that this subcommittee has responsibility to support.

after more than four decades of providing the support that children and families need to succeed, Head Start still reaches only about two-fifths of eligible preschool-age children.

Clearly, there is a tremendous amount of work that still needs to be done to reach these families.

The IRS should never be used for any activities that come close to partisan or political action, period.

One of the highlights of the bipartisan tax compromise this past December was the inclusion of a permanent patch for the AMTs so that middle class families would not be hit by this unfair and unnecessary tax scheme.