Mike Johnson

I met with the Senate Republicans, all my colleagues over there, last week on Tuesday at their weekly luncheon, and I encouraged them to do their work, of course, as we all anticipate, but to make as few modifications to this package as possible because remembering that we've got to pass it one more time to ratify their changes in the House.

And I have a very delicate balance here, a very delicate equilibrium that we've reached over a long period of time, and it's best not to meddle with it too much.

And I have a very delicate balance here, a very delicate equilibrium that we've reached over a long period of time, and it's best not to meddle with it too much.

I'm Melissa Johnson. I am a senior at Purdue University studying wildlife.

I'm Melissa Johnson. I am a senior at Purdue University studying wildlife.

I'm Melissa Johnson. I am a senior at Purdue University studying wildlife.

This has definitely not been the semester or like the graduation plans that I thought it was going to be. So I thought I was going to go to graduate school to get a PhD, but everything that's been going on has kind of changed my life plans.

This has definitely not been the semester or like the graduation plans that I thought it was going to be. So I thought I was going to go to graduate school to get a PhD, but everything that's been going on has kind of changed my life plans.

This has definitely not been the semester or like the graduation plans that I thought it was going to be. So I thought I was going to go to graduate school to get a PhD, but everything that's been going on has kind of changed my life plans.

Yeah, so originally I was going to pursue a PhD in amphibian disease ecology. So I have been researching how contaminants affect amphibians and their disease dynamics for the past four years. So I was going to continue that work.

Yeah, so originally I was going to pursue a PhD in amphibian disease ecology. So I have been researching how contaminants affect amphibians and their disease dynamics for the past four years. So I was going to continue that work.

Yeah, so originally I was going to pursue a PhD in amphibian disease ecology. So I have been researching how contaminants affect amphibians and their disease dynamics for the past four years. So I was going to continue that work.

At this time was when a lot of like the federal funding cuts towards academic institutions were going through and the funding cuts from the National Science Foundation were happening. And so graduate admissions across the whole entire country have gone to a very low point because universities and institutions and professors need to protect the people they already have.

At this time was when a lot of like the federal funding cuts towards academic institutions were going through and the funding cuts from the National Science Foundation were happening. And so graduate admissions across the whole entire country have gone to a very low point because universities and institutions and professors need to protect the people they already have.

At this time was when a lot of like the federal funding cuts towards academic institutions were going through and the funding cuts from the National Science Foundation were happening. And so graduate admissions across the whole entire country have gone to a very low point because universities and institutions and professors need to protect the people they already have.

So they're not really letting a lot of people in.

So they're not really letting a lot of people in.

So they're not really letting a lot of people in.

The research that I was doing, there were some concerns about the funding source because it had both climate and diversity in the title.

The research that I was doing, there were some concerns about the funding source because it had both climate and diversity in the title.