One of the constitutional obligations and duties of the Congress is to do oversight.
What I can say is, I favor tribal sovereignty, and if the problem is within the tribes, then the members of the tribes a...
I want to be crystal clear on that, it was $110,000 to $170,000 a home; is that what you are saying?
I want to know if you are going to answer my last question, which was to you and to Ms. Gokee, will you provide me the d...
how are these dollars being spent? Well, we believe that they are not being properly spent, especially to address these ...
Absolutely.
This money was supposed to go to help, I believe, 53 homes; 53 homes were in the grant.
So if the Congress asks for documentation about a grant and a tribe doesn't give the Congress that information, does it ...
But if we can't advocate and say, this money has been spent in an appropriate fashion, how do I ask for more?
no one deserves to live in the conditions we saw today, no one.
I look forward to moving forward with regard to far more transparency, which Ms. Gokee has committed to, and I know that...
I have answered the call that tribal members had to fight for their homes, to fight for their health.
I don't know what you are getting for $100,000, I don't know the construction practices that are being used for $100,000...
But if it was only $60,000, which was at the high end, there are a lot more homes that we could remediate and a lot more...
I appreciate Chairman Taylor for committing to making sure we have an inter-governmental relationship that we can build ...
And I have told you, Ms. Gokee and Mr. Montano, I want to make sure this money was spent well.
This is just the most amazing opportunity of my lifetime to be able to sit and listen to people with the level of expert...
How can you have any credibility about being pro-growth in our economy and then saying the Fed should stay out of it...
