We need you to come back and talk to us and give us the specifics here.

I can't emphasize enough how important it is to address any remaining issues at the Gallup Indian Medical Center and address them promptly and completely.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

As one pueblo leader recently reminded me, community health representatives come from the communities they serve, which means that they have the necessary cultural understanding to identify and respond to their members.

Medicaid is not a substitute for full funding for IHS, but until we can address funding shortfalls in the Service, Medicaid is one of the most important stopgaps we have.

Did you believe--do you believe that the Federal programs or policies undertaken for the benefit of Tribes are race-based?

And I would just emphasize again, I mean, I've heard from many of my Tribes, and I would just add--like to add several letters from my pueblos to the record, Madam Chair.

And let me just emphasize what was said earlier. You know, last year we all requested this information when it came to these Medicaid cuts and the impact repealing the Affordable Care Act would have.

I think it's important for you and your team to educate them on how the Indian Health Service has really been lifted up by the Affordable Care Act.

we just need to make sure they don't try to head down that road.

I need, and the Tribes are rightfully demanding, more assurances that the administration understands the Federal Government's unique trust relationship with American Indians and Alaska Natives.

I think the reality is that this quality of care--and I wouldn't call it quality, I would say it's a shameful quality of care--has gone on for far too long.

I think it is Congress' job to set a level for what is safe, and then it is the regulator's job to try and achieve that level but try and achieve it in the most efficient ways.

I think one of the challenges is we all live in a world where there is a historical inertia.

Ms. Milano, banks are more reluctant these days to make loans to small businesses, both citing high costs and low profits.

Corporations are using their tax savings to buy back their stock, not to invest in plants or workers.

What is slowing innovation are barriers to capital and misguided tax policies.

Instead, we should be focused on supporting the next generation of companies, ensuring that those who want to start or expand a business have the tools and the access to capital that they need.