All I want is some answers. That is it. And if we cannot get answers from Indian Health, where do we go to get those answers?

I have never had in 10 years on this subcommittee, I have never had somebody come up here and when I asked them a direct question, they do not answer it.

When we come to presenting a budget, our priority is to provide the highest level we can for healthcare to the American Indian and Alaska Native with the resources available.

Providing our Native students with a strong education is absolutely an essential part of the U.S. trust responsibility.

Indian Health Service is in a crisis and if you have served in Indian Health Service for 10 years, and you have answered the questions in Indian Health Service like you have here today, it is no wonder that it is in crisis.

So we are 22 years late at the moment.

I think we should almost demand an audit because that is not how things work and you should have those numbers at the tip of your tongue.

It is your responsibility.

We do not support that because I think any of that extra money should be invested back into VA.

I think it is important that we recognize what we have accomplished, but I think it is also important to recognize what we have yet to accomplish.

It is no secret that incidents of cyber-harassment of a sexual nature are on the rise.

The VA can transfer that care, but it can never transfer the ultimate responsibility for that veteran's well-being.

Access to safe, quality health care has always been critical to veterans.

Your commitment to solid communication and making it so there are no surprises, has been critically important on this Committee to move the ball ahead.

The fact that anyone in uniform has to deal with sexual assault or harassment during the course of their service to our country is unacceptable.

In my view, a doc and a veteran should talk about that veteran's specific needs.

I believe that my community care bill does exactly that.

We cannot let VA lose oversight of the quality of care the veterans receive, regardless where it is.