Well, certainly would hope that we would have it during training as well as deployment.

I'd like to ask you--and I want to thank you, Mr. Reeves, for the comment that you have just provided about the focus on women in the military and women in the VA now, the numbers that we are seeing who are coming into a system that really…

Russia is a strategic competitor, seeking to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models.

Believe me, we need someone to take charge within the BIA.

I think you can see from this Committee we are one that I think really takes our role as members of the Indian Affairs Committee very, very seriously.

I am committed to working very hard for Indian Country and, I would say, for Native self-determination regardless of geography.

Well, know that you will find me aggressively pushing on this to make sure that we do have that broader view.

the responsibility the President has asked you to take on is an extraordinary one.

I look forward to working with my colleagues to make history by confirming the first Alaska Native person to this position.

I believe workforce development provides opportunities for our people.

It is not Republican or Democrat, it is just trying to find the right solutions for our Native people.

I suggested at that time that there are essentially three different tenets, basic tenets, for the restoration and the reconstruction of Puerto Rico's electric grid.

I think everybody agrees it makes sense.

Unfortunately, I am not sure that any of those tenets have been fully or adequately addressed.

Again, absolutely reasonable.

Moving forward, I think that that is something, again, that we all agree must happen.

We urge Congress to hold the course and provide an increase in THPO funding for fiscal year 2019 to better protect Tribal sacred sites.

We have identified where those gaps are, we can be working to try to address it.

to borrow a phrase from American literature and invoked by President Reagan, the 'shining city on a hill.'

I have been a firm advocate of making sure that we can continue this focus and certainly would encourage the support.

I appreciate that. I also recognize that we can have real challenges when it comes to recruiting the healthcare professionals up into the region.

I just don't see where it's in anyone's best interests to put these small rural school districts in financial peril.

Any assurances that you can give the community about the Air Force intent on the housing side, I think, is greatly appreciated.

The difficulty to keep or to find a specialist assigned to Alaska to maintain the currency.

I think you and your Ranking Member will learn that when my priorities come up, they always start with an A...