I think the advice a couple of you have given us today of not reintroducing the same bill, is good advice.
I would like to thank Senator Dorgan, Senator Murkowski, and indeed the entire Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for al...
We are not discouraged. In fact, we have great hope that our long struggle will bear fruit in the 111th Congress.
It is critically important that reforming and improving the health care system for American Indians remains a high prior...
I also urge the Committee to take opportunities to improve the Indian health system during health reform.
I hope that in the new Congress, that we can move forward on the critical issues facing the Indian health care system.
The NIHB urgently requests that Congress finish work on an IHCIA bill within the next 90 days.
I don't need to tell anyone in this room that the current system is broken.
I hope at the end of that journey, we all will have felt we have done something that advances Indian health care in this...
The question of eligibility is obviously important.
We desperately need the new authorities offered by the Indian Health Care Improvement legislation.
I think it would make sense to me if I and Senator Barrasso and others members of this Committee, working with all of yo...
Congress has repeatedly stated that the trust responsibility to provide health care extends to American Indians regardle...
We have a crisis in Indian health care. We need to address it and fix it.
Reform proposals should support and strengthen our system.
This is a moral issue, an ethical issue, and a legal treaty obligation of this country.
I am dedicated, I know my Vice Chairman is as well, to turn once again to Indian health care.
We have a responsibility to ensure that the health care needs of Native Americans are met.
