Indian water rights has become a bigger and bigger issue, whether it is in Oklahoma or whether it is in Arizona, whether it is in Idaho, and that is something that we are going to have to deal with.

I don't think you could be any more upset about what is happening with murdered and missing indigenous women than I am.

Congress needs to do something about that, but I think it is going to come down in large part to the funding and the relationship with the FBI.

I don't know how you do any law enforcement on reservations with the different laws that exist.

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…

We have got to get the high walls down, and I don't know if I will be around when it finishes, but I am going to be around while it starts because we are going to get that done.

One of the best ways to treat diabetes is getting back to traditional foods, and that is one of the most effective means that we have got on treating diabetes that is higher among Indians than it is any other subpopulation of the country.

Indian Country has been and will continue to be a bipartisan priority of this subcommittee.

Just like in the 1800s when they slaughtered all these buffalo, that was how we were going to control the tribes, by controlling their food supply or eliminating their food supply.

Unfortunately, that report language did not make it in the final bill.

I appreciate you bringing that up, and it is certainly something we will look at.

This massive underfunding of law enforcement is leading to dangerous conditions on the Fort Hall Reservation and throughout Indian Country.

I want to thank the honorable Mike Simpson, who is our representative, for his continued efforts on behalf of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and of Indian Country to uphold the treaty and trust responsibility.

I have always found it strange that you can only incarcerate for a year at the most.

Interesting testimony, something that we will certainly look into consideration of when we are trying to put together a budget.

This is a serious public safety problem for our tribal members.

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.

Our prayers and thoughts go out to all your members and hope that they are safe in this environment that seems to happen all the time.

I look forward to working with Ranking Member Pingree to continue to strengthen this committee's longstanding efforts.

I think we need to look at that whole situation and how we can improve that.

It is a travesty what is happening with law enforcement and the need out on the reservations.

Repatriation of both Native Americans and the artifacts that are in museums all over the world, frankly, should be a high priority.

I have always said, in the East, you try to get rid of water. In the West, we try to preserve every drop of water.

You can ask Congresswoman Lee about what is going to happen down in southern Nevada.

I am going to stay in Congress until I get this damn thing done.