I've introduced a bill with the Chairman, Senator Murkowski, that will make the IHS Health Professions Awards Program ex...
That's why I'm pleased to see we were able to provide a $10 million increase for alcohol and substance abuse treatment a...
I'm very pleased to see that you've included a 14 percent increase for alcohol and substance abuse programs as part of y...
It's absolutely intolerable for any IHS emergency facility to close for any amount of time, and cutbacks to essential se...
But that's just a temporary fix, and we must do more.
I want to thank Chairman Murkowski for working with me to produce a very solid budget for the Service this year.
Madam Chairman, you've been a great champion for programs that are so critical to Native communities in both our States ...
I think it's critical that we continue to make progress on these issues.
The need is clearly there, and the community is desperate to maintain these life-saving services.
I continue to hear from tribal leaders in New Mexico, including the Mescalero Apache Tribe and others who are concerned ...
This means that IHS can no longer bill for Medicare and Medicaid services and that in many instances tribal members will...
We really need these kinds of things to happen in Indian Country.
But more is clearly needed. Indian Country needs better access to clinical services.
So when your children stand in front of you, stand in front of the adults and say stop it, enough is enough, it is well ...
It's going to be an uphill battle for this subcommittee to fully fund your proposal given the flat budget caps in 2017.
Absolutely, absolutely unacceptable.
I look forward to working with you, Chief, to make sure we do extend that program and working with my colleagues.
I think it's important we move forward, so we make sure that we have a good, long-term relationship between the Air Forc...
