There is going to be a 23-percent cut across the board by 2034.

The bottom 20 percent of earners get a 35-percent increase over what is scheduled, a more than 60-percent increase over what is payable.

We create a basic minimum benefit that will apply to about 10 percent of Social Security.

We have got to deal with these demographic realities.

What happens is those people, if the children are not able to care for them, they are going into institutions, but where is that being paid for? Overwhelmingly, it is being paid for out of Medicaid accounts.

We had literally hundreds of people and groups come before this commission. We listened intently for all sides on how we could fix these challenges.

This Retirement Security Plan structure that we have suggested I think would go a long way toward dealing with these issues.

If we are going to provide tax incentives for people to have retirement savings, then it should not be used as a piggy bank to pay for other things.

What we have done is we recommend harmonizing withdrawal rules for 401(k)'s and IRAs.

I very much look forward to hearing from this panel in regard to the legislation that we are proposing here.

I would also like to thank you for drafting and advocating for S. 246, 'The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children.'

I want to first thank all the tribal leaders, activists, providers, and community members for joining us today to discuss this critical issue.

And you mean not in Washington DC, but actually on and in the trenches?

That's a huge resource for North Dakota.

I'm committed to doing all I can to work with my colleagues and Senator Heitkamp to address this very serious concern.

We talked about everything from drug court to making sure there's education in schools and prevention.

Money must be allocated for tribal comprehensive trauma initiatives.

We can change it if we take this great science that's being done, great talents that are being developed in trauma informed and trauma based programs.