I strongly encourage the Senate HELP Committee and Congress to pass The Native American Indian Education Act (S. 765)

If confirmed, I look forward to supporting the Department's work with the committee on patient access and ensuring collaboration across HHS on these issues.

The morass of regulations and the reimbursement policies from CMS, the uncertainty that is caused by the fighting up here over budgets...

I think what we have lost is what the American people really would like, which is, an efficient and effective Federal Government.

Without people that are dedicated every day to coming in and thinking about, 'How do we get rid of the box checking and replace it with stuff that really matters?'

It is wonderful to be on this Committee and to legislate in the way the American people expect to legislate, Democrats and Republicans working together.

My concern is that if we see a listing, all of those efforts have been for naught, and people are going to feel like the folks in D.C. once again are not paying any attention to what is going on at ground level.

I want to thank you because very early on in the first Administration you actually came out to see this for yourself.

I am a strong supporter of the ESA. It is a statute that has protected a lot of wildlife and a lot of habitat.

Today's hearing on the status of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Medical Facility in Aurora, Colorado, is critically important, not only to western region Veterans, but to the American taxpayer.

I look forward to continuing to work with the VA on this critical project to ensure our veterans receive the health care they earned.