Congress owes the Navajo and Hopi people the opportunity to bring closure to this issue.

Being told to relocate from one's home and pull up one's own roots can be devastating to a family and to any community.

I certainly want to thank you for your attendance today. We appreciate your coming to our hearing.

I respect tribes that choose to do it in a different manner, and they are best situated to make decisions for themselves.

Mr. Simpson has convinced 145 of our colleagues to co-sponsor his bill, including every member of this subcommittee.

Funding for Indian Country has been a nonpartisan priority of the subcommittee for many years now.

I feel good today that between our restoration efforts and the work that we are doing on hazardous fuels, we are treating over four and a half million acres every year.

Thank you, Chief Tidwell, for the Administration's efforts to change the way we budget for wildfires.

I think we can stretch that Medicare dollar by creating innovative partnerships with health providers and hospitals across the country.

If we can fix the doc fix, I know we can make progress on graduate medical education.

It simply is completely unfair that some citizens have the ability to seek Medicare care under the Medicaid expansion in some states and, because of politics in others, they don't.

I know in my State we would save a lot of money, we would create jobs, and we would take care of our neighbors if the cadre that is control of the State government right now would listen to the people and expand Medicaid.

This is smart fiscal policy, and the majority of states have realized that.

You and the administration have crafted a budget that works for American families.

SNAP is still a big issue.

Last month Congresswoman Susan Brooks, Senator Dan Coats, and I sent you a letter expressing our concern about CMS's decision...

Well, over 50 years ago, when the Congress first adopted Medicaid to provide that lifeline for children and our older neighbors, all states didn't jump in right at first, but eventually, over time, didn't they all join the Medicaid world?

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your incredible service.