Tribes have used their trust lands to build community facilities such as schools, health centers and housing that served their tribal members.

it is and has always been Federal law and policy to treat Tribes equally.

Enacting H.R. 375 would restore clarity and stability for all federally recognized tribes, regardless of their date of recognition.

No Member of Congress and no Federal policy maker would have designed a system that has two classes of tribes for land into trust.

Should tribes recognized since 1934 be able to have housing? Should they be able to have police stations and fire stations and lands for agriculture?

Perhaps the best of H.R. 375 is that it would reduce a lot of unnecessary litigation and a lot of bureaucratic resources that are being wasted.

As a member of the Chickasaw Nation and co-chair of the congressional Native Caucus with my good friend, your fellow Committee Member, Representative Haaland, I commend the Subcommittee for moving forward with this legislation and…

These reforms would save hard-working American taxpayers $15 billion over a 10 year period

I certainly disagree with the elimination of GEAR UP.

I really want to thank you for this Freedom Scholarship initiative.

You simply cannot balance our national budget by chipping away at 8 percent of total spending.

I continue to be a strong supporter of career and technical education.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just on that point just real quickly, you may not know this because obviously you weren't there at the outset, what kind of capacity did you inherit from the last Administration since this isn't a new problem that…

Without question, education is one of the most important building blocks for success, and access to quality learning directly impacts lifelong development and unlocks each individual's potential.

I want to go out on a limb and say that if this subcommittee has much to do about it I suspect that you are going to do pretty well this year for yet another year.

I wanted to really thank you on Head Start.

I was pleased to see that your budget request continues to prioritize resources to certain populations of children who need additional support.

I want to thank you quite sincerely for the terrific job I think you are doing for the country and the manner in which you represent the Administration.

A sustained, steady commitment to increasing funding for NIH is critical to ensuring our nation's future as a leader in biomedical research and unlocking cures to so many diseases burdening our strained health care system.

I do not think a reduction of the magnitude this budget recommends for NIH is in the best interest of the American people.

I hope it is well known how many years of service you have spent, and frankly, to try and make sure folks without access got access to good quality education long before you took this current job.

We really do think this makes an enormous difference in the lives of tens of millions of Americans, and, quite frankly, hundreds of millions of people all around the world who benefit from the work that you do.

The research conducted at the National Institutes of Health has unlocked the human genome and holds the promise for cures for cancer and treatments for diseases.

The cuts proposed in your budget this year are deep, and I believe several, in my view, are shortsighted.

I always call Dr. Collins the best politician in Washington. Anybody that can be appointed by President Obama and then reappointed by President Trump has exceptional political skills.