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I respectfully request that the members of the subcommittee allow me to join them on the dais for the remainder of the hearing.

Money alone will not fix the problems.

As I have said before, I believe the IHS should get out of the hospital business, and my bill is a step in that direction.

My bill would require that IHS update this formula and ensure that the money is getting to those people who need it the most.

The Indian Health Service is beyond broken, and fixing it is literally a matter of life and death.

The Indian Health Service is beyond broken. Fixing it is literally a matter of life and death.

So, that was on your watch.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:56 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 9:30 a.m…

I think what we will do is just in terms of since there are just a few of us here, I think we are going to try to do one more round.

It seems to me that there ought to be some kind of a timeframe in which the EPA should have a responsibility to at least let the organization know whether there is going to be an enforcement action that they are going to be following.

I think you probably understand the reason. You inspect a facility; there is a threat of an enforcement action, clearly, with the inspection; there is a concern about whether they get a clean bill of health or whether they have to look at…

I would just ask for the record if you don't know if there is, could we get you to followup with the Committee and find out whether or not there is someone responsible for keeping track of the 114s?

Would there be any reason why we shouldn't be able to keep track of the number of 114 requests that are made and their outcomes?

It would be very interesting to find out the number of 114s.

The idea that these laws were ever considered is disturbing, but the fact that these laws remain on our books is--at best--an oversight.

It is without question that they must be stricken. We cannot adequately repair history, but we can move forward.

These statutes are a sad reminder of the hostile aggression and overt racism displayed by the early federal government toward Native Americans as the government attempted to 'assimilate' them into what was considered 'modern society.'

Senator Rounds is providing important leadership on Respect and Reconciliation for Native Americans in the Senate.