Do not do any transfers this year for wildfire fighting because what I always hear from people as I go up and talk to them they [the Forest Service] has to transfer funds, but they seem to handle it okay.
Simpson advises against transferring funds for wildfire fighting this year.
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I have been asked by several tribes why do we fund the Indian Health Services when money comes off the top through that party, through their administration, and some tribes that have talked to me believe that they could deliver more…
Somehow, we have got to get an allocation where we can both take care of Indian Health Services and we can do those other things that are necessary.
Indian Country has been and will continue to be a bipartisan priority of this subcommittee.
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