"It is vital for this Committee and this Congress to fully understand the real impacts to Native Americans of the sequester as well as the potential impacts of the Fiscal Year 2014 requests."
"I applaud the President's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for prioritizing fisheries science and making targeted investments in fisheries research and management."
"Your hearing today, Mr. Chairman, S. 693, the city of Hermiston Water Recycling and Reuse Project, this is extraordinarily important to Hermiston, one of our Eastern Oregon communities."
"The reason that we're going to try to fast-track this legislation... is according to the most recent information from the Bureau of Reclamation, the Klamath Basin... has experienced the second driest ..."
"Can we have a better understanding of revenue and expenses and the cash balance there."
"I am authorized to state that Chairman Wellinghoff does not oppose S. Amdt. 579 or H.R. 316."
"The Native Hawaiian people are the only federally-recognized Native people without a government-to-government relationship with the Federal Government and this injustice must be addressed by the Congr..."
"American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians face unique barriers to housing development, and their communities face the highest rates of national poverty."
"This injustice must be addressed by the Congress."
"Access to quality housing is essential for the well-being of our tribes."
"I am committed to move forward their fight to ensure that the Federal Government upholds its trust responsibility to the indigenous people of what is now the United States of America."