Will you ensure this ongoing joint effort between BIA and BLM continues so that we strike a balance between adequately protecting Chaco and allowing for responsible development and, above all, ensure that tribes are intimately involved in…

I urged you to be a strong advocate for Indian Country.

It has been mentioned several times about health care being a top and essential priority.

Senator McCain, Vice Chairman Udall, and Secretary Zinke expressed a desire to see improvement in the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-funded school system.

I would hope whoever the President is, Americans would return to the tradition that we've had of respectful and robust public debate. That's something becoming increasingly rare.

Certainly, I think one aspect of it is the FCC using the bully pulpit that it has to continue advocating for free speech.

I hope we exempt the Interior Department and these BIA activities.

This was a question on the Bears Ears which was done as a national monument, as you know, by President Obama near the end of his Administration.

As you know, after some of the incidents at the Dakota access pipeline, President Obama asked for consultation nationwide with tribes.

The government has no place pressuring media organizations into covering certain stories.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the President's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, raised concerns with a Time Warner executive about CNN's coverage of President Trump.

We must do better with BIE students. We are not doing nearly the kind of effort we need to.

I hope that it works because our kids need the quality education they deserve.

It is in the best interest of our kids because that is what it is about, our kids.

That's why I'm pleased that my Spectrum Challenge Prize Act has been approved by this committee.

The Spectrum Pipeline Act made $500 million of existing money available for R&D and pilot projects.

I did not vote in favor of increased sanctions against Venezuela. I thought then and I believe now they are counterproductive and could lead to further entrenchment of the current Venezuelan regime.

Demagogues like Maduro need a scapegoat, and now the U.S. sanctions are his scapegoat.