Derek Kilmer actually said...

"I respectfully request the committee support this proposal so that Parris Island can continue to prepare our best and brightest to win our nation's battles in service to the country."

"Treaties are the supreme law of the land; treaty rights held by a tribe cannot be diminished by the passage of time or by non-use."

"It is our job to fund it, right, to actually make sure that there is necessary funding in place."

"We are, I think, also conscious of the fact that the BIA doesn't have any dedicated funding for that purpose."