This unequal treatment means that access to healthcare is often at risk in the event of a government shutdown.

I have been advocating for parity between IHS and other federal health programs.

The federal government, as we know, has a trust responsibility to ensure uninterrupted health access for Tribal Communities.

we have a moral obligation to help our veterans, we have a moral obligation to help seniors who have contributed to the Medicare program, we have a moral obligation to our children to make sure that they can grow up health and we provide the CHIP program for them, Medicaid.

So thank you for that effort.

I do appreciate the focus of this proposal on infrastructure, on strengthening the middle class, on supporting law enforcement in particular.

I was disappointed that the budget request calls for funding the Flint Registry at a lower level than was passed.

To truly protect our democracy, we need truth. Truth is clear as this shard of broken glass that I have carried with me for the last 365 days.

Thank you very much to the two Chairs for holding this really important hearing.

we have this obligation to protect communities, and especially to protect those firefighters.

I was able to secure $95 million in the Build Back Better Act, which hopefully will come to the President's desk in the not too distant future, to replace firefighting foam containing PFAS.