With this legislation, Congress has the opportunity to right a historic wrong by returning stewardship of these lands to the people most capable, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

The reality here is that--and maybe Senator King might have used this phrase in the past, but it is certainly something I learned from bond counsel when I was in government at the local level--deferred maintenance is debt.

Do you believe that NIST can serve as a pre-disclosure clearinghouse that could help test possible patches and assess the damages that could occur from a vulnerability such as Spectre and Meltdown?

Climate change can have dramatic impacts on everything from water, forests to wildlife, all of which do not follow land management boundaries.

I would urge us also to come together around some of the other things that historically we have been able to come together around, including the Land and Water Conservation Fund and taking care of our wildlife as well.

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I hope you take back that message to Interior because I think these tribal communities are right at ground zero, in the bulls-eye, when it comes to the impacts of climate change.

subsistence practices are vital to Native communities across the Country.

It's no secret the Trump Administration does not believe in climate change, but Indian Country doesn't have the luxury to put its head in the sand.

Subsistence is a way of life for tribal communities that depends on passing traditional ecological knowledge down between generations.

I guess to you, and Mr. Hicks, and Christy McCormick, what are your agencies doing to further post-election audits in every state?

I think we are being very shortsighted in saying because we call it something, we are not going to use that money at all.

It is no secret the Trump Administration does not believe in climate change but Indian Country does not have the luxury of putting its head in the sand.

Subsistence not only means nourishing communities with traditional foods but also feeding generations with traditional knowledge that sustains, grows and keeps Native communities together.

Are states working well with the Election Assistance Commission and the Department of Homeland Security to ensure ample communication and sharing of resources to ensure elections are secure?