We have to figure out how to meaningfully rein in, reform those programs so that they fit the demographics of the future.
this was a chance to go big and go bold.
the budget really is more spending, more taxes, and more debt.
The tough choices are with regard to those parts of the budget that we all know are growing dramatically.
That is an issue that we think could make a difference in Indian country and with a lot of the IHS issues which we covered at great length y...
One of the things that you perhaps have heard, as my staff and I have, is concerns the tribes have raised about the amount of money that goe...
Governments cannot run the hospital. I agree with that. Tribes can't, Federal Government can't, you guys can't. It's a proven fact.
When there is fraud, misconduct, incompetence, criminal activity, you do not need a long investigation for that.
Thank you, Chairman Barrasso and Ranking Member Tester, and members of the Committee for allowing me as a non-member of the Committee to giv...
For too long, the Federal Government has failed to live up to its promise and its trust responsibility to provide adequate care for the Nati...
It has been approved and the paperwork has been waiting in Aberdeen for 18 months to be signed.
I too want to thank you and Senator Tester for holding this hearing and shining a light on what is a major crisis in Indian Country in the G...
No organization in American of which I am aware can work properly in those circumstances.
I think it is important to remember that the solution to every problem is not growing the administrative size of the agency.
We spend twice as much per person providing health care for those we incarcerate in America's prisons than we do to meet the promise of heal...
I will tell you personally from my staff's experience, we continuously have issues gaining information from IHS employees who observe some o...
What has to be acknowledged is that CMS findings indicate people's lives are in jeopardy. This is unacceptable.
This is about people who die; this is about living and dying.
