I introduced the Helping Ensure Accountability, Leadership, and Trust in Tribal Healthcare Act.

H.R. 2662 addresses several long-standing issues with the Indian Health Service (IHS) and would benefit the Colville Tribes and other tribes in many ways.

I want to acknowledge our South Dakota Congresswoman, Mrs. Kristi Noem, and our gratitude for her reaching out to us on working together on creating this legislation.

I believe that is why you see HHS on the ground today in South Dakota, because even in light of what has happened in the last couple of years, IHS still has not made the changes that they promised to us that they would make.

This is something that I have heard over and over, dozens and dozens of times through the years, that IHS has ignored many of the protocols.

We have tried to work with IHS in the past, and that has failed, and that is why we are pushing to have these reforms put in place.

I am working hard to produce legislative solutions to this problem.

I told you that the state of Indian health care in South Dakota had fallen to emergency levels.

I would encourage you to ask the others who are going to testify today about what consultation has been in the past.

Mr. Speaker, you can't hardly turn on the TV today or open a newspaper, scroll through your news feed without learning of another outbreak of violence around the globe. Especially in a world as volatile and insecure as ours is today, we…

NAFTA has done a tremendous amount of good for South Dakota's farmers.

In my home State of South Dakota, I have constituents who are harnessing Internet-enabled tools to access customers abroad in ways that would have been impossible a decade ago.

It is essential that USTR have senior-level staff dedicated to combating foreign restrictions and promoting U.S. digital economy and trade interests.

Mr. President, it is hard to argue that ObamaCare is not a failing law. Seven years after it became law, its laundry list of problems continues to grow: higher premiums, higher deductibles, customers losing healthcare plans, patients…

Admiral Pekoske is an exceptionally well-qualified nominee to become the next TSA Administrator.

I happen to believe NAFTA has been an important and beneficial trade agreement for the United States.

I would ask you to proceed with caution, especially with regard to the agricultural provisions.

Letter from Chairman William Bear Shield, Rosebud Sioux Tribe to the Hon. Kristi Noem dated June 20, 2017.