Thank you for inviting me to share a few words, and thank you for bringing attention to an important issue that we all work on: health care ...
That is why I have voted for the Affordable Care Act that permanently reauthorizes the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, a bill that I was...
I will continue working to improve access to care in Indian country until everyone has access to quality health care.
I fought hard to include language in the Violence Against Women Act, which passed the Senate but has not yet passed the House, to give tribe...
the only statement anyone has found in the legislative history on this point comes from the bill's lead author and chief sponsor, Senate Fin...
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, who is the lead author of this law.
I will tell you who they are right now.
You are the cop on the beat. You have got to do your job. I do not think you have been.
You have got to find a solution. And if you do not have the power, you have got to ask for the power.
The big issue clearly is lack of resources, lack of funding.
the passage of S. 3385 will provide the long-awaited secure funding mechanism for the completion of construction for authorized rural water ...
We fully support Senator Baucus' bill S. 3385--a Bill to Authorize the Secretary of the Interior to Use Designated Funding to Pay for Constr...
This needs to be done to complete these long promised rural water projects, and also to help address impacts to the MHA Nation from the Pick...
I applaud Senator Baucus and all of the cosponsors of the legislation for drafting a simple and straightforward bill to address this problem...
We set it out at $80 million a year for these projects.
Thank you for holding this important hearing today on our bill, the Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act.
As Ben Franklin said long ago, 'When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water.'
I have a hunch that when he speaks, it will remind you, Senator Murkowski, of some of the problems you addressed in Alaska.