I think the Congress has fundamentally and this Administration and previous Administrations have failed the American Indians.

In closing, I want to thank you, Chairman Wolf and Mr. Fattah, for your personal commitment to crime prevention.

I want the 21st Century to be the American Century, not the Chinese Century.

Unfortunately a group, the Drug Policy Alliance has apparently made numerous claims about drug courts before this subcommittee that simply are not true.

I think it is morally, ethically wrong. It is an exploitation of the poor.

We must protect programs like Mars exploration that advance job opportunities and economic growth.

We have got to get control of the entitlements and close these tax loopholes.

How much longer can this Nation continue spending $60 billion a year building new prison cells, with minimal return on investment compared to drug courts?

this is really no time to back off investment in institutions such as the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

The Obama administration has failed. He walked away from the Simpson-Bowles Commission, and the Congress, the Republican Congress, has failed.

The fundamental problem in this country is we have to reform the entitlements and we have to close the tax loopholes.

Until we deal and pass a Simpson-Bowles Commission, put everything on the table, reform the entitlements, close these tax loopholes, all of you, all of your organizations are going to have the same problem year after year after year.