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I have long believed we need to repeal the law, and one of the reasons for that is because we continue to see these monthly premiums escalate and go up.

This program has enjoyed broad bipartisan support over the years, and it is critical that we work together to ensure that kids across the country continue to have access to uninterrupted coverage.

In my home State of South Dakota, CHIP serves more than 50,000 kids in a given month.

And so the reality is that while they may very well have tools available to them, there are also restrictions that an official in China would look at and say, 'We have already made a decision that these are appropriate in many cases, and…

I would be happy to answer any questions that you may have at this time.

What began some 32 years ago as a program to help protect consumers from increases in telephone charges... has morphed... into something much broader and more expensive.

Sometimes one size does not fit all.

I'm just wondering if you could shed some light just for the folks in the local area about why we're having this kind of challenge to cross Corps land to get to the water which we have a state water right to obtain?

It appears as though the Corps has either made this into an extremely burdensome process as to avoid or at least to delay the implementations of these easements.

The reason why we ask, and we're going to have testimony from the mayor of Pierre shortly, the City of Pierre has been undertaking a burdensome permitting process in order to obtain an easement to cross Corps land to have access to the…

So for Western Area Power Administration whose responsibility it is to maximize the output of power, as I understand it, in a cost-effective manner, for that organization this is a money-making opportunity to provide power when it is most…

By December. And that's based upon averaging out 30,000 cubes?

So you believe the 30,000 average coming through right now will bring you back down out of the flood and normal operating ranges by what time this year?

Are there any plans right now to open up any of the bypass spillways, the tunnels as we call them out here, to avoid or--because of the fact that there may not be the need for generation or the ability to generate through the power plant?

The 2014 Water Resources Development Act... authorized the creation of the program in response to the 2011 flood.

You say the Corps has essentially completed this work.

As you know, South Dakota is experiencing a severe drought this year.

The Administration should and has a responsibility to be responsive to requests by all members