And I would suggest to you that the lack of enforcement of existing regulations before Dodd-Frank is a critical component to bank failures.

The job that you have is absolutely the most critical job to improving those conditions.

Many of the Indian people who live on the reservation frequently go off using their own health insurance to receive services someplace else.

I would suggest that the ultimate measure of your success is the health of Indian people, not necessarily accreditation.

The goal is every patient who walks into the Indian Health Service should be treated with respect, dignity, excellent customer service, and should receive the highest quality of health care.

I consider it an ill thought-out policy response to a critical issue that the Supreme Court has said we need to take a different route on.

If we had enough resources, we could do amazing things but we need to have advocacy for those resources.

We have made some progress but I feel we are just beginning to get to the important work of changing and improving the Indian Health Service.

None of us can be happy with those statistics because they indicate a systemic problem within Indian Country and certainly with the delivery of mental health services.

This is a critical disconnect if we are going to look at reforms.

I would first like to thank the Senator from the great State of Michigan for her incredible leadership. I met her over a year ago and knew she was a force to be reckoned with, not only because she has red hair but because she is someone…

I do try to point out whenever I can that we are basically back on discretionary spending at 2008 levels.

We all encounter you on a regular daily basis, and you're very professional. And I just want you to know we really appreciate it.

I'd be happy to. Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.

I think that we really are going to have to look at some prioritization.

I think it's incredibly important. It's certainly a symbol of our country and a symbol for the world.

I think it's going to be really key that you prioritize within that.

When the former Secretary of Energy calls for $7 gasoline, you know that is a priority.