"the United States Government has not met its obligations, and that we are woefully underfunded."
"it is pretty sad when the Administration does not put any money in for new school construction."
"to not always have a school construction budget is just inexcusable."
"What we did, we had the same situation. My friend, Mr. Calvert, sits on--and my friend, Ms. McCollum, sits on Defense Appropriations..."
"And we just have not lived up to our obligations."
"please help us in the United States Senate."
"I couldn't agree with you more about Joint Venture. I mean it is a bargain for the American taxpayer."
"The ability to diversify the economic base for tribes is just absolutely critical going forward."
"Had you been here last week, we had some pretty pointed questions directed at the BLM on this very issue, so I could not agree more."
"They ought to go to the head of the line. They should not just be in the line."
"I actually agree with the Chairman, where I suspect these compensations could be paid out of a preexisting fund."
"It has been very helpful, and again, I appreciate you expanding for the record and for the Committee because again, this is money that is very similar to seeing money in a lot of programs that we do."