Betty McCollum

Secure a hundred percent FMAP for Urban Indian programs. Then you won't have to depend so much on Medicaid.

The conversation, it is a delicate one to even talk about because whenever you talk about suicide, you want to offer resources immediately.

Well, in my opinion, being present when some of the stuff happened, that is an unintended consequence, totally unintended consequence.

I think we are going to have to go to school on Medicaid and Medicare because that is mostly in the tax preview.

I am glad you brought TRIO up. TRIO is primarily I would say... this is what I have witnessed in my office and back at home in the district.

Congratulations. They are finishing. That is great because some students just kind of have to go, not full-time, but three-quarter time or part-time, especially returning adults.

I started working on cleanup with Tom Udall over 20 years ago.

This is crazy. And Ms. Pingree and I, with the chair, we worked on the Bug School.

It is going to be a huge price tag.

I think the administration and the Congress need to figure out how to get these dollars out.

These water settlements are judgments. These water settlements are contracts the United States Government entered into.

Johnson O'Malley is something you could use. And then for your cultural centers, also for youth, right?

It is one thing to call you back here for 5 minutes of testimony and talk to you about it. It is something else to go out on the reservation and actually talk to people and see the challenges that you are facing on the reservations.

I would just like to agree with everything that has been said, including thank you so much for your time for coming.

The percentage of Native Americans who serve our Nation compared to any other population is off the charts.

There isn't any mining that can happen that will not affect an ecosystem in a negative way.

So opening up a mining principle into Superior National Forest for that principle will find its way into the boundary waters.

It has been a game changer in communities.

I was there, I voted against the storage, and my fear was not only we were being disrespectful to the tribes, but that it would be permanently stored there.

There is more that we can do on that, so thank you for bringing that up again.

Climate change is a costly impact to our national security.

We need to start making sure that they are included in how we are moving forward and addressing this.

This would be dead on arrival.

The States need to be consulted and need to be full partners moving forward.

48 of the 50 Governors signed a letter in opposition.