"a $300 million cut really is not defensible or acceptable."
"this budget reflects that it does not care very much about Indian healthcare."
"we have not been able to get anywhere near where we would like to be."
"I do not think we have given you anywhere near the resources to do the job at hand."
"It was a bad deal for the United States."
"If it was a good deal, they would have put it in front of the United States Senate."
"I want to commend the President for making it crystal clear... we are going to have to have a deal that is better for the United States."
"But I will also remind you that, as one of my colleagues referred, these are treaty obligations. They are not generous grants."
"when you, the members of Congress, swear allegiance to the Constitution, you are swearing an allegiance to Indian sovereignty whether you know it or not."
"Investment in NIH has been the key driver in making the United States the world leader in biomedical research."
"I am very proud that Congress increased NIH funding by $2,000,000,000 in the fiscal year 2017 omnibus spending bill."
"I was, therefore, especially disappointed to see a proposed budget cut to the National Institutes of Health this year."