You made a pretty strong pitch for Johnson-O'Malley money, which I could not agree with you more since about 90 percent of native kids are actually not in reservation schools, they are someplace else, and that is something honestly we have not really substantively increased since 1995.
Cole supports increasing funding for Johnson-O'Malley, highlighting the lack of resources for Native students.
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That's a no-go, that's a red line that we're not changing our position on and they know that.
The only reason we’re doing it now is, first, the Senate Democrats, I think, have misused the filibuster, and honestly, the Republicans have let them misuse the filibuster.
I've learned never to dismiss out of hand anything the president says, but it would take a constitutional amendment.
Our conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September. That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to it.
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