"It is an honor to be here today, and I thank you for holding this hearing on such a critical and timely topic for our nation and particularly Minnesotans."
"We need to ensure that dental health care is accessible."
"I urge you to support Senator Franken's amendment to remove the restrictive language and allow the option of dental therapists to improve dental care in Indian Country."
"Thank you, Senator Murkowski, for talking about the DHAT Program in Alaska and a lot of the successes of it."
"I want to make sure that kids in Indian Country don't have rotting teeth. That is my responsibility."
"This year alone, there will be 70 additional dentists providing care in tribal areas."
"How can this possibly be acceptable?"
"Shouldn't everyone have access to dental care?"
"We are talking today about teeth rotting in the mouth of children because of a lack of dental care."
"I think that I would argue the most substandard is offering no care at all."
"I think we are all entitled to our opinions. But we arrive at opinions by looking at facts, and facts come from studies, not summaries and memoranda."