ms. murkowski: and, mr. president, before i relinquish my time here, i just want to take a very, very brief moment to note that a friend, a leader, an extraordinary roll model for many, many alaskans, certainly in the alaska native community, has recently passed. salina everson was a language and culture lawyer in southeastern alaska, one who fought for the tlingit language and culture preservation. she was a, an extraordinary woman and role model. grew up speaking tlingit. it was her first language in school. she was told you can only speak english. she broke that rule and courageously spoke tlingit anyway. she's a champion for her culture. we mourn her passing. this woman not only was considered grandma salina and considered by hundreds of children in schools in southeastern alaska as a friend and a relative, i consider her one as well. i was honored that she was the one that helped adopt me into the dejitan clan and gave me the honored name of lady of the land. know that i send my prayers to salina's fami

ms. murkowski: thank you senator hyde-smith, senator udall. >> mr. udall: mr. wheeler before we get into the budget i want to start with some housekeeping. this subcommittee requires our agencies to submit reprogrammings and reorganizations for approval. sometimes that process can take time depending on the scope of the proposal. and on time it takes the agency to respond to our requests for information. we require that our agencies wait to implement any reprogrammings or reorganizations until the subcommittee is completed our evaluations. can you commit in this fairly simple yes or no that you and your staff will continue to follow these long-standing requirements? >> mr. wheeler: yes, i believe we have. we are working on a reasonable reorganization with you where we first briefed your staff last september. >> mr. udall: and can you continue to responding to requests from the minority. >> mr. wheeler: yes we responded to all your requests and will continue to do so. >> mr. udall: it funding cuts all funding for the geographic programs. these are made differenc

ms. murkowski: i had hoped that the white moderate would see this need. perhaps i was too optimistic. perhaps i expected too much. i suppose i should have realized that few members of the oppressor race can understand the deep groans and passionate yearnings of the oppressed race and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent, and determined action. i am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers in the south have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. they are still all too few in quantity, but they are big in quality. some, such as ralph mcgill, lillian smith, harry golden, james mcbride dabbs, ann bradden and sarah patton boyle, some have written about our struggle in eloquent and prophetic terms. others marched with us down nameless streets of the south. they have languished in filthy roach-infested jails suffering the abuse and brutality of policemen who view them as dirty expletive lovers. unlike so many of their moderate brothers and sisters, they have recognized the urgency of the mo