H.R. 2662 addresses several long-standing issues with the Indian Health Service (IHS) and would benefit the Colville Tribes and other tribes...
I would also like to thank the staff for this Committee, who toured the health facilities on the Colville Reservation last year and heard di...
IHS has been shamefully underfunded for years, and the President's proposed FY2018 budget looks to cut another $59 million.
I do want to point out that we have increased funding for Indian health services over many, many years.
I introduced the Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act.
We need to get help to these people that are relying on this agency for health care, and they are failing them dramatically.
the state of Indian health care in South Dakota had fallen to emergency levels.
We have to acknowledge that to bring about a true transformation at IHS facilities, we need to start funding IHS at an appropriate level.
to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to improve the recruitment and retention of employees in the Indian Health Service, restore ...
The bill contains several meaningful provisions and ensures that the agency's employees are held accountable.
I am working hard to produce legislative solutions to this problem.
I would encourage you to ask the others who are going to testify today about what consultation has been in the past.
I want to get this right. I have already reached out to HHS and IHS to obtain technical assistance for this bill.
I told you that the state of Indian health care in South Dakota had fallen to emergency levels.
We have tried to work with IHS in the past, and that has failed, and that is why we are pushing to have these reforms put in place.
This is something that I have heard over and over, dozens and dozens of times through the years, that IHS has ignored many of the protocols.
I believe that is why you see HHS on the ground today in South Dakota, because even in light of what has happened in the last couple of year...
I want to acknowledge our South Dakota Congresswoman, Mrs. Kristi Noem, and our gratitude for her reaching out to us on working together on ...
