As you know, I don't have to tell you anything you don't already know, but diabetes is a problem particularly among the Indian population.
I was very disappointed in the President's budget, not just this president, previous presidents also, that there was actually no request for...
You could fix this in your report language. You could fix this, and get us going in the right direction.
Are you competent to make decisions of what is in the best interest of your tribe on your own lands?
I went out to Fort Hall reservation when they started this immersion school out there, which is fascinating.
It is clear to me that if we are really going to have a change in how we construct school buildings and so forth on the reservation, it is g...
But you cannot put children in unsafe, unsanitary, dangerous buildings and expect them to learn.
This focus on education is very important, and these immersion skills are, I think, vitally important to preserving a culture, one that we c...
Yes, the infrastructure itself does need some pretty deep renovations, and it does--it is highly inadequate.
That is what frustrates me, is we have so many Federal agencies telling you what to do on your land, and I think we have got to change that.
Maybe the most honest statement that has ever been made in Congress, you cannot afford us.
I have no problem meeting our obligations, and building homes, and doing the necessary things. I really hate spending money in court.
But we would like the resources at a time of decreasing budgets, and I am trying to find money to build new schools among other things in In...
I am not an enemy of renewable energy. Heck, the city of Boise in my district operates the largest direct use geothermal system in the count...
It is my understanding that the United States has banned commercial importation of ivory for decades, so what we are talking about here is n...
There are no sacrifice zones on the National Mall.
We are rapidly approaching the September 2015 deadline to determine whether it warrants listing or not.
I am concerned about making things illegal or valueless that had value when they were originally purchased.
