I think it is all very fair, but at the end of the day this is one Nation, so setting minimum standards, making sure our people are protected, whether they are in my State or a State adjacent where the pollution from my State may actually…

I don't think that any agency, the Federal Government or any State agency, should overstep its bounds.

I also think it is important to reiterate a fact clearly that should be in evidence. This is one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We are not going to repeal the Clean Air Act and we are not going to repeal the Safe Drinking Water Act.

And I think that is what the beauty is of the Clean Air Act which is under such fierce attack.

OK, so your position is that your State can tell another State what to do, and you are criticizing the EPA. Now you are going to say one State is going to tell the other State what to do. It is not realistic at all, and that is the reason…

How did you know?

To me it is a moral crime.

Mr. President, several weeks ago, the untimely passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia created a vacancy on the Supreme Court, which now has only eight Justices. It called into question the constitutional responsibility of the…

I've introduced a bill with the Chairman, Senator Murkowski, that will make the IHS Health Professions Awards Program exempt from a Federal income tax requirement.

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the prescription drug crisis. Every day someone in our Nation dies--a son, daughter, a parent--from a drug overdose. Most overdoses are from prescription drugs, such as opioid painkillers. Too…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to a member of my staff, Lauren Arias. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

It's going to be an uphill battle for this subcommittee to fully fund your proposal given the flat budget caps in 2017.

Absolutely, absolutely unacceptable.

This means that IHS can no longer bill for Medicare and Medicaid services and that in many instances tribal members will have to travel long distances to get care.

The unemployment rate there is totally unacceptable. It is near 50 percent.

This Promise Zone would really make a difference.

Thank you very much for that initiative, because I have many communities in my State that I think need that kind of initiative.