we need to get this before the authorizing committee so that they can actually address this and allow, as you say in your thing in the Biden administration says build back better.

It is heartless, it is unconscionability, and I believe it is absolutely wrong.

We must begin new feasibility studies for both Cave Buttes Dam and the McMicken Dam to allow the Corps to evaluate flood risk management needs and safety modifications.

I think it is important that we hear from them in person.

Every administration, whether it is Republican or Democrat, always comes back with a budget request for the Army Corps of Engineers that is below the level of the year before.

this subcommittee on a bipartisan basis places high priority on fulfilling the Federal Government's Tribal trust responsibility.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, I look forward to exploring these topics with our witnesses, and I thank you for calling this hearing.

I will tell you as former chairman of the Interior Subcommittee... you mean you could only rebuild it to the--to the state that just got destroyed by the hurricane?

I hope we can find ways to get these innovators in the Department so they can help us with our national security.

we can remove the dams, reopen hundreds of miles of rivers to recover wild salmon and steelhead, and replace all the dams' socio-economic benefits: irrigation, power, barging for agricultural products.

That is a payment that is available today that can be up to $6,000 per person.

What we need to do is find a plan where we can project 5 years ahead where we would like to double the investment in the arts and humanities.

It is hijacking something that we already do in communication.

We need to be working with those authorizing committees, so I appreciate that.

We appreciate Representative Simpson's leadership in bringing together the Federal agency, Simplot, and the tribes to work collaboratively on this.

We strongly believe the BLM headquarters should be located in Washington, D.C.

I am not worried about the arts in New York, or the arts in Washington, or the arts in Los Angeles. I am worried about the arts in Salmon, Idaho.

And the thought was that that would help with reducing the rate of diabetes.

I would have to say across the board, native or non-native, we have a problem with diabetes.

when that was announced last summer, none of the BLM people that we had talked to knew this was coming.

So we are looking at our IHS dollars to maintain our cultural integrity.

At a time when urban Indian organizations are struggling, what is happening in the Seattle area that has enabled your budget to grow so strongly?

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for calling this important hearing to get input from the public on a wide array of programs under this subcommittee's jurisdiction.

Several years ago I said, I guess about 4 or 5 years ago, we had one of the directors for the NEA out in Idaho.

Thank you, just a couple more questions.