I think many people on this panel understand the contribution that North Dakota is making to this entire industry.

Are you willing to support that and help us institute that?

As you know, there have been serious problems at the IHS facilities in the Great Plains region.

This has basically ballooned into a full-blown, absolute, horrible crisis, especially in Indian Country but across the Country.

In fact, we have heard reports of women in Three Affiliated, that 50 percent of the babies are born from women who are addicted.

I hope the National Congress can work with us to get out the message.

The resources we are currently providing are not adequate to meet treaty obligations or fulfill our responsibility.

I think that is critically important, that we look beyond NAHASDA and look beyond what we are doing right now.

Unfortunately, many tribal members do not. Somehow, we are missing that.

I will kind of warn you that I will continue to be a broken record as it relates to trauma as a potential path forward for change.

Let me tell you, if you want to see children born under conditions that they should not be born, come to any one of my reservations.

We have to change how we approach it and we have to look at a system that really treats the family.

If we are not pursuing state-of-the-art treatment options, then we are going to fail.

I want to say I applaud this Administration for doing the most that I have ever seen to try and coordinate among all of you to try and build relationships across the agencies to change outcomes.

Thank you for your work on behalf of our farmers and ranchers.

There is no question about it. In other cases, it is a lack of accountability.

I would point out that since 2008, $12 billion has been taken out of crop insurance support.

Anything you can do to make sure IHS, working with the tribes, gets payment out to those health care providers on a timely basis is not only important for the service providers and health care providers, but will help generate more…