So we have heard from our labor partners that they are concerned that the new system would no longer incentivize longevity and performance at the VA.

Public safety is a disaster.

An amendment by Senators Jon Tester and Shelley Moore Capito was adopted that closes a loophole...

But if you have got a tribe that is complaining about not have enough resources, at a bare minimum you should look and see what the BIA is spending before they took that contract over, add some inflation to it, because that has impacts…

I want to start by thanking Senator Murkowski and Senator Merkley for having this hearing.

If the holdup is you, we can help. If the holdup is some other agency, let us know.

Even a response, period. Not only in quicker time. I didn't even get one, okay?

I have heard from Blackfeet Tribe in Montana their current vacancy rate at their local IHS facility, listen to this, 50 percent.

We cannot delay. And for those folks out there that think the VA will survive without a competitive market for hiring employees, they are wrong.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill that the Ranking Member and I helped write... gave significant money to the Forest Service.

So I talked about the timeframes--and this is for either one of you--the timeframes to hire.

tribal justice and law enforcement has been underfunded for decades and decades.

You can't run a police department on air. It takes dollars, and it takes people, and people cost money.

I would hope that you would put the resources necessary to make sure that we do our level best and make the trust responsible as we have to make sure these tribes are safe.

I am planning to reintroduce my Main Street Tax Certainty Act in the coming weeks, which will protect these businesses from this shadow tax hike by making this important deduction permanent.

I was certainly disappointed at the time that all of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle opposed this change and made it impossible to make it permanent.

I was certainly disappointed at the time that all of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle opposed this change and made it impossible to make it permanent.

The President's budget includes $4.7 trillion--with a 't'--in total tax hikes, including $1.