Education is the key to opportunity and success for our Native American communities.
Education has always been the great equalizer in our Country.
We are failing as educators, and we are failing as leaders.
You tell kids they are valued every day, but they go to a school that is in poor condition, they don't feel valued.
We want you to be a strong advocate for these kids.
There is an incredible urgency to this.
I am committed as Chair of this committee to keep Louisiana in the driver's seat to redesign the next big pillars of energy policy for our N...
This concept of significant nexus I do not agree with and I think is absolutely going down the wrong road.
This is a big problem for our producers.
This is one that I am absolutely opposed to, that our farmers and ranchers are terribly concerned about...
I think the Federal Government has been incredibly slow, and the consequences of that has been really threefold.
There is actually a proposal now, I think by Senator Lee on the Senate side, to reduce the Federal gas tax and Federal spending.
I think Senator Tester would join me as we look at building out Federal law enforcement to meet the needs.
I want to retain the worker that I have who has already done that work.
Regional strategies may sound vague, but the main point is that they target resources to where they have the most impact locally.
We certainly understood that the role of those small towns is to support the dominant industry, which is agriculture.
I look forward to seeing him very soon across the table in the Ag Committee.
It is not easy work, regional economic development. It means collaboration.
