Jerry Moran

We therefore respectfully ask the committee to continue funding for certified states.

The news on the Kansas economy is not good. Our State's unemployment rate rose to 7.1 percent in January. In February, State revenues fell a whopping $71 million more than expected. We need $500 million to balance our budget in Kansas in…

Breaking the promise of state share funding will upset 10 years of negotiation that resulted in the balance and compromise achieved in the 2006 amendments.

Just this last month in February, UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies found that less than 50 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native students in 12 states graduate from high school.

That is what we want to see. Excellent. Thank you very much, Mr. Roth.

It is understandable when dental care costs up to $7,000 because of the travel.

Thank you very much, President Gipp. And again, President King, thank you very much.

So the more you can collaborate or you can show that it is generating jobs, the more consistent it is with the Federal Government's priorities.

Maybe if the staff feels that a letter asking that they accelerate the process of it, it is at a pace comparable to non-Indian lands, that might be a constructive thing to do.

Yes. We heard from her. She did a good job.

That is inexcusable, and I appreciate you bringing it to our attention.

Good. A very important point.

More than getting us out to the reservation, we need to get some money to you.

Very well done. Thank you, Mr. Rolin.

About 86 percent of our clients are below 100 percent of poverty, so whatever the standard is for 100 percent of poverty.

It is unbelievable that you have half the officers that you had a decade ago, and you have got five times the crime.

The Sioux Nation was one of the greatest, most heroic, tribes and that is basically why you have suffered and been abused in such an extreme manner.

That is a perfect way to end.

Congratulations on your appointment.

I did not know that Alaska had the highest rate of child abuse.

It is my belief that this is a trust responsibility area. It is squarely on Indian Health Service's shoulders.

Once in a while good things happen to deserving people.

We could fight like hell through the courts or we could choose the collaborative route.

Thank you, Ms. Martine-Alonzo.

Thank you, Mr. Evans. You raise a very important issue to our attention and we certainly agree on the need.