These three bills give Congress a chance to do the right thing by those tribal communities to whom we owe legal, financial and moral obligations.

Ultimately, the bill would secure the tribe's current and future access to water, the life blood of the community.

When it comes to protecting consumers, I am afraid that both Congress and the FTC have much more to do.

I would urge us also to come together around some of the other things that historically we have been able to come together around, including the Land and Water Conservation Fund and taking care of our wildlife as well.

The reality here is that--and maybe Senator King might have used this phrase in the past, but it is certainly something I learned from bond counsel when I was in government at the local level--deferred maintenance is debt.

I think it would further the relationship.

I have heard from some tribes in New Mexico about stewardship contracts. These contracts can be difficult and sometimes inflexible.

The bill before us today addresses an issue of great importance to Indian Country, restoration of tribal homelands.

Climate change can have dramatic impacts on everything from water, forests to wildlife, all of which do not follow land management boundaries.

With this legislation, Congress has the opportunity to right a historic wrong by returning stewardship of these lands to the people most capable, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

Arm is working with the U.S. Government more proactively than was done when addressing the original Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.

Do you believe that NIST can serve as a pre-disclosure clearinghouse that could help test possible patches and assess the damages that could occur from a vulnerability such as Spectre and Meltdown?

Thank you.

I think you are right. I am perfectly happy to work with you and have the Commerce Committee do all of the work on cybersecurity.

There is no doubt about that. How serious a threat are these vulnerabilities for our State and local election systems?

Thank you.

Are states working well with the Election Assistance Commission and the Department of Homeland Security to ensure ample communication and sharing of resources to ensure elections are secure?

I guess to you, and Mr. Hicks, and Christy McCormick, what are your agencies doing to further post-election audits in every state?