That is how crazy that thing is. That is another bill that I need your help getting done, too, that is devastating.

the bill that Mr. Bear Shield was talking about is one that penalizes tribal businesses for not complying with the Obamacare mandate, which our tribal businesses should not be bound to.

What happened yesterday is yesterday. What is going to happen tomorrow is what we have a role in trying to do.

For 7 months the emergency department has been closed.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe thanks Chairman Young, Ranking Member Ruiz, members of the subcommittee and, in particular, Representative Noem for their leadership on this issue.

How can I trust them with the safety and care of the 122,000 tribal members in the Great Plains?

The Indian Health Service is beyond broken, and fixing it is literally a matter of life and death.

I have not heard of a single person being fired from IHS because of the poor care that has been delivered in the facilities in the Great Plains region.

We are asking for the same provisions that the VA has recently received and changes that.

We believe this would work well for holding IHS accountable to its consultation requirements.

I have never gotten an answer.

The stories from the Omaha/Winnebago Hospital and other IHS facilities serving the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations sound like scenes from Third World countries, not the American heartland.

I know we don't move as fast as people would like.

The PRC funding formula does not currently work, because my tribes run out of money by June.

Every day that emergency department is closed down and services are diverted, their people are dying.

I want to pass a bill that fixes problems and that everybody can get behind and recognize is a huge change.

What my legislation does is that it reimburses at Medicare rates.

Under our treaty obligations--these are treaty tribes that we need to honor by treating them with the respect they deserve and the health care that we have promised them, and we are failing.