Obviously we have a difference of opinion here. I would also submit that the leadership of our military have a difference of opinion with the perspectives expressed by the author of this amendment. Again, they understand the values of…

Congress cannot and should not stand by as the United States heads down another path of broken treaties, agreements, and trust responsibilities to Indian tribes.

Unless we change those laws to create parity with other Indian as well as Alaskan entities, we are going to continue to be plagued.

I just heard my friend and chair of the subcommittee say something that I completely agree with, which is we need real solutions to immigration and the border crisis, and that is true. This takes a piecemeal approach that is unnecessarily…

For too many Native communities, the total lack of access to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an everyday reality.

Again, we have an amendment that would want us, apparently, to occupy some other state of reality as opposed to the world as we have it today. In that world, we do have transgender individuals who need help, children whose parents are…

Unless the Federal Government steps up, it is going to be very, very difficult for us.

First of all, we can certainly debate the efficient use of our funds for expenses and the cost, but I strongly suspect that my colleague's objections in this amendment do not relate to cost but to a judgment about what should and shouldn't…

Access to water is essential for the health and well-being of our communities.

Access to clean, reliable water is essential for the health and well-being of all people in the United States.

Congress cannot and should not stand by as the United States heads down another path of broken treaties, agreements, and trust responsibilities to Indian tribes.

Suitable oversight of telework by the DOD is appropriate. It is something that we should engage in. To foreclose it under all circumstances, I believe, is unwise. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

First of all, I think we are trying to confirm whether or not Floyd Bennett Field is, in fact, a military installation within the definition of the gentleman's amendment. That point aside, again, I would say that if we are trying to solve…

Unless the Federal Government steps up, it is going to be very, very difficult for us.

Access to clean, reliable water is essential for the health and well-being of all people in the United States.

Congress cannot and should not stand by as the United States heads down another path of broken treaties, agreements, and trust responsibilities to Indian tribes.

For too many Native communities, the total lack of access to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an everyday reality.

for the last week, we have seen chaos and dysfunction in the House of Representatives as they try to come up with a single bill to fund the government to avert a shutdown. We are now 9 days away from a lapse in funding, and even though it…