Thanks, Mr. Pittenger.

Thank you for joining us today and your dedication to these causes and these policies that we work on in this Commission.

Why does it forget if it's not economics? Why do you get the pass?

China is always going to act in its perceived interests.

Do you like having three women up here asking you questions?

That is why I was so concerned when the EPA came out with the rule. I think it creates uncertainty.

I truly believe that the success, the story of the success of the Renewable Fuel Standard is only half-written.

I think that this renewable fuel standard is so important.

The Esther Martinez Language Revitalization Act needs to be reauthorized.

I am so frustrated, I am so embarrassed when I talk to those students.

Native wild rice is very, very fragile. It needs absolutely pristine water to grow in.

I really think if we took a field trip we could go to Leech Lake and Mille Lacs as well to look at what is going on in the immersion schools.

I would like to thank Ms. McCollum for her efforts in supporting the school's initiatives.

It was when I was visiting Wisconsin tribes back a couple of years ago that the northern alliance tribes had taken a real aggressive conversation on what to do about drugs and drug addiction.

Appropriations are a good investment. In Indian Country, when we have meaningful appropriations and the communities prosper, so does America.

I knew this panel rocked.

I want to just reiterate that you would like the savings put back into Indian health because this is so under-funded and so desperately needed.

What we are asking is that the National Park clean out the dense, unnatural growth that you see in the picture that is caused by the phosphorus and pollutants that is in the water.