Opioid abuse is an issue in my home State. Meth use is increasingly a crisis.

This legislation would make tribes, like States, directly eligible for funding that is authorized in the 21st Century CURES Act.

I would hope you would not oppose that when it comes through, okay?

I just need to know why because it is unacceptable.

I need to know what you had in mind when you crafted your budget for this.

In this case, increase is not a good thing. Declinations increased by 20 percent.

Again, the answer from Tribal witnesses would have been, 'Yes.'

We are not getting it done. I think it is a big issue in Indian Country because of violence against women.

If you can do something about this and give us some instruction, put it back on us.

the inclusion of Tribes in the correction to the STR program's model is a very important first step Congress must make to address the opioids crisis in Indian Country.

This bill would make tribes and tribal organizations eligible for direct funding under the 21st Century Cures Act.

An important bill that includes the requested direct funding mechanism is S. 2270, the Mitigating the Methamphetamine Epidemic and Promoting Tribal Health Act.

Indian tribes cannot afford to be left out. They cannot be left out of these discussions. I remain committed to seeing that their needs are addressed.

The problem is you look at the bars on this phone, when I go home, there are none.

This is the largest investment in our public lands infrastructure in the history of this country.

When you give discounted or free passes to elderly, fourth graders, veterans, disabled, and you do it by the carload, there's not a whole lot of people who actually pay at our front door. So, we're looking at ways to make sure we have more…

I've always said three things: the climate is changing as it always has; it's changing in ways we don't understand; and man has been an influencer on this.

We are looking at smaller communities out West because remember the organization there's three areas that we're focused on: recreation, permitting, and NEPA.