Without an AUMF (Authorization for Use of Military Force), aren't we risking further mission creep and involvement in the Syrian civil war?

this is not going to be a military solution. We are going to need to have military action and then follow up with a political solution.

Should an autonomous vehicle be required to have technology to prevent an intoxicated person from taking control of the wheel?

This technology has the promise to reduce crashes and fatalities.

I would say again to my Chairman, it has been such a pleasure working with him. He is one of the most bipartisan Senators I know in the United States Senate.

We are concerned about the message that it may send by condoning separate treatment of different Native communities within the United States.

I think it weakens that responsibility, that understanding, that relationship.

This Committee agrees that we want to ensure that the Tribal HUD-VASH Demonstration Program is achieving maximum efficiency.

The issues presented in these bills are important to Indian Country and reflect our shared priorities on this Committee.

S. 1250 would impose sweeping reforms on the Indian Health Service, S. 1275 would reauthorize certain housing programs created by the Native American Housing and Self Determination Act, while imposing changes to that law, training and…

I am extremely disheartened by the cuts to programs that enhance our water security.

The state needs more investment in the programs slated to be cut by the proposed budget.

New Mexico is a water constrained state, as many of our western states are, and climate change is exacerbating the challenge faster than anywhere else across the nation.

There are two investigations here. There is a special counsel investigation. There is also a congressional investigation. And you are obstructing that congressional delegation -- investigation by not answering these questions.

You believe it weakens the trust responsibility to those tribes?

For years, without adequate treatment resources, communities in New Mexico have suffered through some of the highest rates of opioid and heroin addiction and overdose deaths in the Nation.

Over-prescription is partially responsible for the epidemic.

Addiction to heroin and prescription opioid pain relievers is a public health epidemic that is devastating families and communities across the country.