This bill would require the Secretary of the Interior to provide a more accurate student count of Indian students.

I think that is absolutely critically important to supporting the work that the government does.

Ensuring that Agencies have the resources they need, I think, is absolutely critical to addressing the Federal hiring challenges.

It is incumbent upon Congress and the Administration to do everything we can to support and improve it.

The bill, S. 943, amends the Johnson-O'Malley Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the full participation of all qualified Indian students eligible for this program.

No child, regardless of their background, should ever have to endure abuse at the hands of those who are meant to provide safe and loving homes.

It is the job of each and every one of us to ensure the protection of all children.

So what I would ask you before you leave is: Ask--or, get from the Chairwoman her top three priorities.

This hearing is an opportunity for us to discuss the implementation of the Native American Children's Safety Act (NACSA)--a critically important step forward for improving the welfare of Native children in Spirit Lake, North Dakota, and…

This is a very good program. This is a very good partnership, once again.

Is there anything you can do to help there, in terms of helping them fund the Head Start and bringing resources, assistance, training?

Do they go on, then? Do they get a baccalaureate here? Do they go on to somewhere else?

Thank you for your work on the Native American Children's Safety Act and, of course, many, many other issues.

Thank you to Senator John Hoeven and the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for hosting a field hearing on the Spirit Lake Dakota reservation on the very important topic of child safety and protection.

Are you able to retain many of those people that you graduated with a social work degree?

And then, what I would like from you is a response back as to how you plan to address them, and who is going to be the pointperson to work with the Chairwoman to do that.

So you're in year two of the second five?

Millions of Americans are financially unprepared for their retirement.