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We urge the prompt passage of the STOP Act and thank the Committee for its attention to this important matter.

Will you commit to ensure that the research and science-based activities by NASA employees are protected from political interference including science related to climate change?

Ninety-seven percent of the scientists with articles in peer reviewed journals have concluded that climate change is real, is caused by human activity, and is already causing devastating problems in our country and around the world.

97 percent of the scientists with articles in peer-reviewed journals have concluded that climate change is real.

We urge the prompt passage of the STOP Act and thank the Committee for its attention to this important matter.

the Majority's plan could very well force big cuts to the Indian Health Service and the Bureau of Indian Education.

Congress must be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. Yes, we can pass a bipartisan tax package and yes, we can fully fund our tribal trust obligations at the same time.

Scientific integrity is embedded in the rules and requirements that govern NASA's professional behavior across all technical disciplines and should be a high priority for the agency.

This is nothing short of the constitutional obligation of Congress to regulate trade among the Indian Nations.

Congress first passed the Indian Employment Tax Credit to create jobs in tribal communities but this important tax credit expired in 2016.

Our sacred and cultural items are illegally being taken from our people, threatening the maintenance of our culture and tradition.

Mr. President, I was unavoidably absent due to a family issue for rollcall votes Nos. 250, 251, and 252. Had I been present, I would have voted yea on No. 250, cloture on Palk; yea on No. 251, confirmation on Palk; and yea on No. 252…

Madam President, Republicans have spent months trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. They knew that tens of millions of Americans would lose their care, they knew it would betray our Federal trust responsibility to Native Americans…

The bills we are considering here today address these very same issues: law enforcement resources, victim services and public safety in Indian Country.

Senator Heitkamp's bill, S. 1941, Savanna's Act, looks at the Federal response to missing and murdered Indian women.