I think it could make what is meant to be a good program truly a real good program for everybody.

I do not know if I will say it will be a public flogging, but you will be held accountable.

We need to address the backlog in maintenance.

Many veterans who reside in rural areas face the same challenges.

Education, healthcare, and law enforcement issues continue to be nonpartisan subcommittee priorities, particularly those that are on the GAO high-risk list.

This subcommittee remains committed to working with the Department to seek solutions to these and many other issues.

I committed no new oil and gas platforms off the coast of Oregon.

Providing consistent water supply to the people of Southern California has been a long-term goal of mine, and I know a lot of people feel the same way.

You combine that with what is going on with TPP where I believe 11 nations signed it, the United States was not part of it.

In Montana, there are 200 clinical vacancies. That is unacceptable.

Don't screw up crop insurance. It is our lifeblood. It is our safety net.

we're going to go into consultation, as we should, and it's really up to the tribes whether they're going to participate or not, and I respect sovereignty

The Fort Belknap Indian Community, for example, is in a state of emergency over the meth epidemic.

I just want to know, based on your work on the Committee, have you found that wage grade 1 through 5 employees are generally the cause of institutional problems at the VA?

In Montana, and among Montana's Indian tribes, meth is actually more of our issue.

How can we expect Native students to succeed if we can't create the most basic environment that promotes learning?

We have to fight kind of a two-front war here.

either we will manage our forests or they will manage us.