The Administration's budget cuts are deep and wide and almost no area is spared, including infrastructure.

We need to ensure that every tribal community has access to the resources they need.

Mr. Secretary, I hope you will put in the record the numbers that you cannot quite get off the top of your head now.

I am enormously impressed with the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

I think it is one of the most transformative issues we can have in the 21st century.

The biggest thing you can do is to be a strong advocate yourself personally here in Washington.

I cannot guarantee that because this is an ongoing arms race.

And I think you have said earlier that you support the Honest Ads Act, and so I assume that means you want changes in the law in order to effectuate exactly what you talked about?

You spoke very idealistically about your company, and you talked about the strong values and you said you wanted to be a positive force in the community and the world.

What specific steps are you taking to ensure that foreign money is not financing political or issue ads?

What I can commit is that we are going to invest significantly because this is a top priority.

Are you going to come back and be a strong advocate to see that that law is passed?

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I would like to say how glad I am to have Senator Menendez back in the saddle as our ranking member on Foreign Relations, and I thank him so much for his speech and for his leadership on our very important committee. I join my colleagues…

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We really look forward to digesting all of this and trying to work on getting the legislation just right so we can get resources into Indian Country.

Funding for social safety net programs is very much linked with healthcare programs.

Can I get your commitment that you will speak to your Federal law enforcement counterparts about increasing their investigation efforts in Indian Country?