I have spent a lot of time in Indian Country in my time in public life in North Dakota.

If kids are not in first place, then there is something unbelievably warped about people.

We have to find a way to get at it.

You cannot allow this to continue. This is not fair. It is not even legal.

We have to shine all the spotlights on one spot and figure out not only what is happening, but how on earth do we fix it.

They need our help because we are the ones who made the promise and we are the ones not keeping it.

Obviously the future is education. We have a 50 percent high school dropout rate among Native American youth.

Safety always comes up. There is always an issue of what is happening around them in their environment that causes them concern about their safety.

It should be front page, headline news on the Washington Post today but it is not because it happens very day, full scale health care rationing.

I am happy to do that. I think what she and Senator Murkowski have introduced has great merit.

Do you think she went to find out was this a safe home? She didn’t do that, she didn’t have the time, so this precious child was put in an unsafe circumstance.

These are solemn promises by the government and then what has been done relevant to those promises.

It is well documented that Indian children are far over represented in foster homes, which is another cultural issue.

I wanted to say one of my regrets is I don't think we do enough in our Congress of oversight hearings.

I thank Chairman Hastings and Chairman Lamborn and my friend from Ohio, Mr. Johnson, for introducing this important legislation. I had the great honor, for nearly 10 years prior to coming to Congress, to be on the North Dakota Public…

What is your understanding of what a take is, given this new ruling that, to my knowledge, has not been challenged?

While representing the people of the United States in Congress means important oversight of the Government agencies they create, it should also mean full cooperation of these agencies to ensure full and timely disclosure of requested…

And I would submit to you the lack of these policies and the lack of the clarity is the evidence of the lack of transparency.