John McCain: “I look forward to hearing what progress we're making on creating such a joint civil-military effort.”

I want to say to all of you that I am so honored to be here to speak before this Committee.

Have you read about the FAST Act? Oh, yes. We have read about it but we really do not, you know, have to, like, pay a lot of attention to it.

We owe each other our respect as long as our character merits respect.

I have to recognize that it has been this body, this Senate Committee, very important Committee on Indian Affairs that has been helping us.