Ralph Lee Abraham: “Those kind of proposals would have a disastrous impact on rural communities in Indian Country.”

For me, this is a jobs issue. We should not allow the heavy hand of the Federal Government to come down and crush an entire industry.

Extreme weather events and the shifting of tidal patterns and coastlines are impacting communities throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

I wonder, Madam Chair, what it says about our military medical system that it is so bad that we have to actually shield it, that it could cost multiple billions of dollars to fully allow tort claims, you know, which I think should scare us…

It would have been substantially more helpful for DHS to have been present today, to be part of the dialogue, inform the American public, and answer questions about their work in this area.