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That is a payment that is available today that can be up to $6,000 per person.

I am told that Speaker Pelosi has not sent a bill to the Senate yet. Is that your understanding?

I would like to make the gentlewoman from New York aware that I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I claim the time in opposition, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Cuellar). Without objection, the gentleman from Idaho is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I just want to make a comment. We haven't been shy so far today over here on criticizing where we see issues. I just wanted to communicate with the gentleman that, in this case, I also want to point out the positive things. I support the…

We appreciate Representative Simpson's leadership in bringing together the Federal agency, Simplot, and the tribes to work collaboratively on this.

At a time when urban Indian organizations are struggling, what is happening in the Seattle area that has enabled your budget to grow so strongly?

We strongly believe the BLM headquarters should be located in Washington, D.C.

We need to be working with those authorizing committees, so I appreciate that.

Several years ago I said, I guess about 4 or 5 years ago, we had one of the directors for the NEA out in Idaho.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for calling this important hearing to get input from the public on a wide array of programs under this subcommittee's jurisdiction.

I would have to say across the board, native or non-native, we have a problem with diabetes.

And the thought was that that would help with reducing the rate of diabetes.

So we are looking at our IHS dollars to maintain our cultural integrity.

When that was announced last summer, none of the BLM people that we had talked to knew this was coming.

It is hijacking something that we already do in communication.

I am not worried about the arts in New York, or the arts in Washington, or the arts in Los Angeles. I am worried about the arts in Salmon, Idaho.

What we need to do is find a plan where we can project 5 years ahead where we would like to double the investment in the arts and humanities.