Betty McCollum

I really think we--and I mean the Federal Government--we need to be challenging ourselves to go to the highest standards when it comes to cleaning up these contaminants.

I mean, you look at the budget in the Department of Defense, I think we can come up with environmental remediation.

I really truly believe is an all-of-government approach, because when you look at DOD, we are a minority in the whole players nationwide.

We are an arctic Nation, we need to pay more attention to the fact that we are an arctic Nation...

Fewer cadets and midshipmen chose, chose, to make sexual harassment complaints this year than last. Chose.

I think you have heard from the committee that we will be looking very seriously, in my opinion from hearing others, that the diabetes program stay mandatory and not become discretionary.

There is supposed to be seamless care between Native American veterans and reimbursements backed if they are seeking help at an IHS hospital.

I have a hard time believing--and it came with her opening statement where twice she used the words solid science.

I think it is time that you resign.

If we--what is the big thing around here, see something, say something.

So part of what comes to mind is the length of time 180 days and you have an employee maybe who goes through mediation and maybe somebody decides to leave on their own, they are not happy in the office.

I just do not see how the numbers work.

So one of the things that we ran into, and it is a term called 'dynamic scoring,' so when we do have some of these preventions that we know will save money, we weren't allowed to do it because we were told there were prohibitions on…

any reduction to Indian Health Service funding would be a detriment.

We all receive death threats on our Facebook page.

I have been known to wear gloves, sitting at my desk.

Mr. Chair, there is nothing more controversial than what someone's garden should look like because we all have our own vision.

I think when you turn over public documents that actually have Interior memos that are cited in a news source that that would be rather credible, if they are citing the Department.

I think this begs to why this system needs to change and I think the new system if the Senate ever moves forward on it...

I am from Minnesota, so when I tell you it is cold, it is cold.

How do you expect to maintain the scientific or the technical recommendations from independent peer-reviewed scientists, that have been used for decades, by Republicans and Democrats across the board, both Presidents and people in Congress.

I have never seen the poster.

So what are you going to do to regain not only the trust of your staff, but you have lost my trust?

In making these investments, which was the right thing to do structurally for the building, but also it enhances our national treasure.

If you are from a small rural town, you can still be identified.