AWP is supportive of the intent of the legislation.

If the next release happens next summer, next rollout, that represents a 1-year delay in what we have been doing here.

I do not think it is the intent of anybody on this Committee, and I do not want to speak for everybody, that we are going to take away community care by any stretch of the imagination.

Today's hearing is a testament to hard work and determination getting done if you fight and work for common sense solutions.

I am here to testify on behalf of the State of Montana and Governor Greg Gianforte in support of Senate Bill 1987.

Today's hearing is a testament to hard work and determination getting done if you fight and work for common sense solutions.

How important is it to finalize this last remaining water settlement in the State of Montana and have a bill that could be implemented at the State, Federal, and local level?

We invest in infrastructure to provide clean drinking water and irrigation for tribal and non-tribal members.

I've always said there are places where it is appropriate to develop and where it's not.

Montana is proud to stand with its partners in advocating the passage of this meaningful water rights settlement.

I think we should all agree on that--and regardless, we should be doing everything we possibly can to make sure we have a VA where veterans can get the highest quality of care they deserve.

If you have the information available to you, are you telling me it is going to take you a year to negotiate a contract and be able to authorize Mr. Michl to do this work?

Yes, President Stiffarm, it is, after a century, time to close this circle and grant this tribe the water rights that were intended for them.

I have always said there are places where it is appropriate to develop and where it is not.

However, the suicide and premature non-natural death is too complex from one perspective.

For the purview of the Committee, the St. Mary's project is an engineering marvel.

I am here to testify on behalf of the State of Montana and Governor Greg Gianforte in support of Senate Bill 1987.

You are trying to run things from Washington, DC. and you are just not listening.