It is time now for it to be all of our responsibility.

Investing in infrastructure is investing in the future of our Native American communities.

Most important first.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Jim Kruse and Melissa Kelley of J.F. Kruse Jewelers in St. Cloud, Minnesota. They have been named the Minnesota Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Last year…

Indian Country, given my experience here, doesn't always get first priority.

I commend you for the work that you have done.

Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I am hearing these stories. It is just absolutely incredible.

You have a bureaucratic mess. Just a bureaucratic mess.

It just doesn't seem like there is, you know--there is a lot of defeatism, I think, within that agency.

I personally think that we need to invest in our infrastructure all over the Country.

It is clearly appalling. It is the northern part of Minnesota, spring time, and yet there is still snow on the ground and ice on the lakes.

We need to fix this.

I have just reintroduced a bill, with a number of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, that would assist in training law enforcement on how to recognize and how to respond appropriately to individuals who have mental health issues or…

Right now we are really using our criminal justice system as a substitute for a fully functioning mental health system and that has to stop.

I am carrying the bill to lift the embargo, and I appreciate the support of Senators Enzi, Flake, Stabenow, Leahy, Durbin, and Paul.

I'm carrying that bill to lift the embargo.

We've introduced legislation in the past and incentivized home health agencies to use remote patient monitoring technologies.

I continue to push, as all of you know, for the timely implementation of the Small Airplane Revitalization Act.