Among the many obstacles to closing the digital divide in Indian Country is the FCC's Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, or ETC designation.

We have heard today about the GAO's second report on partnerships and how less than 1 percent of the FCC's funding has gone to tribes.

Mr. Webre, the FCC issued guidance in 2012 about tribal engagement. The GAO reports that that guidance is now stale.

This is one where the industry controls the data, and has all the power. And when tribes do challenge the data, it is costly, it is time-consuming, and Indian Tribes don't often win.

Your written testimony highlights the importance of tribal consultation, and tribal partnerships to shrink the digital divide in Indian Country.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Under the previous order, all time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate…

Despite White House promises, working families aren't better off, and another hearing is not going to change that.

After squandering $1.9 trillion on the tax bill, the House is preparing to vote on the Republicans' Tax Plan 2.0. This legislation would add $3.2 trillion to deficits from 2029 to 2038, bringing the total cost of their tax bills above $5…

One of the points I was making here is by using cultural knowledge and traditional practices, many Native youth have been able to successfully reintegrate back into tribal communities and heal their trauma and what they have been through.

Most working Americans have been treading water, with middle-class earnings stalled for years.

But let me suggest that maybe what we should have done here is to actually have a hearing with hourly workers to ask them how they are faring, rather than asking economists how workers are faring.

We do want to measure how these policies are affecting the middle class and the least among us.

Mr. Moore, you stated that CBO estimates show that the tax cuts are paying for themselves, but this is precisely the opposite of what CBO is saying.

It was a massive waste of resources when workers could least afford it and when we should have been investing in our people and communities.

I don't think we can have a hearing on living standards without asking ourselves what will happen to the quality of life for tens of millions of Americans who count on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid if Republicans add literally…

the lack of comprehensive, easily accessible data on Native youth in the Federal justice system is, frankly, appalling to me.

I would like to see the government measure how economic growth is distributed across households at different levels in the economy.

John's outsized presence in the United States Senate and this Committee will surely be missed, but his enduring legacy will guide us for years to come.