USDA has done an admirable job thus far in their response.

I have worked with Senator Fischer on making sure that rural carriers can also get access to already licensed spectrum in the secondary markets.

I believe it is important to make sure that auction rules do not create barriers to entry for other wireless carriers.

Madam President, I rise to speak in favor of the DRIVE Act. I was a supporter of this bill from the first vote we had in the last week. There were some changes made immediately that I thought were important. I think this long-term bill is…

I appreciate that question from the Senator from Oklahoma. I thank the chairman for his work on this bill, for his chairmanship on the committee, and his willingness to work across the aisle on this bill. I would say this is a major…

Yes, I have heard of that study, and I think it mimics what we have seen in other studies. If we don't plan ahead, people will start cutting off the work.

I say to Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe, I think that is why we are here today, to talk about the fact that we have come together across party lines with people from completely different political ideologies to agree that we need a…

It is important to have tailored programs for Native peoples.

Shouldn't we be collecting data on what works?

I think that spirituality has been put down and kept down.

It needs to be wrapped together.

how many of them started using drugs or alcohol with their parents.

I would like to introduce Melanie, who again, in Ojibwe, her name means Sunny Goggles.

We need to be ambassadors to the rest of the Senate and tell them the scale of the problems in Indian Country.

You have a better case for things that are working.

Can you commit to at least delay the impact of this, really, significant rule change for at least a year, and if not, why not?

the American people deserve a better approach.

But the statute we think is pretty clear. And because there is so much confusion out there, and there is the uncertainty and arguably the inability to comply, we are hopeful that you will commit sooner rather than later to a delay of this…