the federal government's trust responsibilities to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

I am not sure I have ever heard something so blunt from a Cabinet Secretary, and it is really refreshing.

Neighbors who block new development may tell you that they are for housing, in concept, just not in their backyard.

I don't want you to be shy about it.

I want as many vouchers out there as possible, but if we are just pushing out vouchers, and we don't have the throughput...

If they are the ones saying, well, that is a bad neighborhood, and that is a good neighborhood, there you are.

Some of the arguments against more housing come from the Jim Crow Era of racist exclusion.

the authority is vested in you, and there is nothing inappropriate about you being more engaged in the process.

we are in a major, major hurry because the solar industry in the United States is at a halt.

I would argue that the allegation that what is happening in terms of the manufacturing process in Southeast Asia is minor or insignificant, is just facially not true.

I want to know that you are alarmed, and I want to know that you are going to update the Members of the Senate who have expressed their concerns on a bipartisan basis, with some pace.

The Army Climate Strategy includes an emphasis on ensuring that the Army considers climate change risks in the way we train our Soldiers and conduct exercises.

You're just going to have increasing severity and frequency of severe weather events, both, you know, domestically and internationally, and we sort of need to contend with that as a strategic question but also just a readiness question.

We also get the ability to influence their training, inter-operability, and again I think, you know, when we talk about peace through strength, having strong allies and partners that work together, that train together in a scrimmage, if…

How do we institutionalize these efforts so that the entire Defense Appropriations Subcommittee can get behind this as a national security imperative and not have it swing back and forth depending on who wins whatever election.

One of the things I think is really important is building strong relationships with our allies and partners and that's exactly what Pacific Pathways does.

this new bill that Senator Schatz has about the Connect Health Act, Americans Indians and Alaska Natives, that would work great.

we cannot let the 'old way of business get in the way'.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is just the first step to address the poor infrastructure conditions in Native communities.

What matters the most in my judgment is what we do next.

Investing in our infrastructure is investing in the future of our Native peoples.

Federal funding for infrastructure in Native communities across the Country has long lagged behind the need.

Thanks to the bipartisan leadership of many on this Committee, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act contains more than $11 billion in dedicated resources for Native communities.

An entire generation of kids is being traumatized by gun violence.

Do I have your commitment to continue to support the Women's Bureau so that it can build on the successes from the last century?