I mean, this is the infrastructure of our time, and I very much appreciate what you said about reaching out to Tribal communities.

Our current commitment to infrastructure has more in common with Belarus at 2.1 percent than it does with China at 5.6 percent.

I was really glad to see the American Jobs Plan's proposals to build out the national network of charging infrastructure by 2030.

Fixing methane leaks and capturing wasted emissions from oil and gas infrastructure is a big potential win-win for the economy, for the climate.

We've been deferring maintenance in this country for decades now. We are under-investing in infrastructure.

I am hopeful that we can be absolutely transparent in this process, look at the data, and then hopefully get this very efficacious vaccine back into the places where it is appropriate.

Yesterday alone COVID claimed 987 lives in the United States, 9 of those in my home State of New Mexico.

I think those are some great suggestions that I hope we can all think about as we look at how to make sure that we have enough flexibility.

We are going to be reintroducing that bill soon. It did not pass last year.

It is absolutely essential that the CDC and the FDA behave in a way that is transparent, honest, above-board.

This is another area I hope we can have some success to identify the challenges that IHS faces to provide more granular vaccine data to States.

I am glad to report that now IAIA is among those tribal colleges and universities that have been able to vaccinate on campus.

I would like, Mr. Chair, for us to work together to find out why, and what is needed to do that.

Thank you, Chair Schatz, and Vice Chair Murkowski, for holding this hearing on the Response of Native Health Systems to the COVID-19 pandemic.

I am grateful for the chance to work with Senator Murkowski and many others on this Committee to introduce the Tribal Health Data Improvement Act.

I applaud and appreciate the work you are doing to ensure that there is more acceptance and support on college campuses as well.

Native Americans have faced significant challenges during this pandemic.

I am proud to note that the Navajo Area and Albuquerque Area IHS regions have distributed over 315,000 vaccines as of last week.