The National Parks represent our country's collective decision to preserve and celebrate America's natural wonders and cultural heritage.

I was just aghast. I wanted to say something, but I did not know what I would say.

There are dozens of school facilities in need of replacement literally all over Indian Country.

This Subcommittee is united in its commitment to the social and economic wellbeing of Native Americans.

That is why we increased the replacement construction funding, and you know the dollars: school replacement construction by $25 million, facility replacement by $12 million.

This is the result of decades and decades and decades of neglect and failure of the Federal government to live up to its obligations.

Could a tribal nation work with a local fire department to come out and do fire safety inspections?

We have a willing partner in trying to fix this. But we have to have a plan to fix it, because as more of these inspections bring things to light, there is going to be more pent-up demand to do it right.

I think we need to start talking to our colleagues on the Appropriations Committee, and our colleagues in general, as to how much not only have we cut our personal offices from being able to do things, but we have cut to the bone, GAO, and…

I would like to talk about the decision that was made in this budget to cut law enforcement by $7 million and tribal justice support by $8 million.

Housing needs to be good for the people in the tribal nations.

In Minnesota we have the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School, the Bug School we call it on the reservation.

So I am going to point blank ask you: when can this committee expect to see a list?

Indian students deserve a quality education. We must protect their rights to safe and healthy schools.

Mr. Chair, I have been a schoolteacher in my past life, and I was in a building in North St. Paul that the fire marshal told the school district either replace it, or you have to cordon it off and not use certain classrooms anymore because…

Any inspector that did a drive-by inspection and said that was a good job is a person who needs to be held accountable.

That is an earmark for Flint.

It falls on the taxpayer to pay for the cleanup for these mines.