Betty McCollum

It is not just housing in the Great Plains area. It is housing throughout Indian Country.

I concur with the request that the chair is making. I think a quarterly report will be very helpful.

I think we need to have those numbers. We need to understand if there were leases, contracts, memorandums of understanding--whatever was incurred with your office--that are going to be transferring over.

Last year, we were able to make great gains in repairing the damage caused by sequestration, increasing the Department's funding by $1.3 billion.

Every member of this subcommittee is a co-sponsor of our colleague, Chairman Simpson's, wildfire disaster funding bill.

I know you have visited other schools in Indian Country, and you are hearing the alarm bells go off loud and clear.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When you were talking about sometimes taking the supplements and not feeling well, I turned to Karen.

So, folks, this is absolutely crazy for Congress to force the Army to waste $500 million to maintain empty or unused facilities.

I would very much like a detailed report as to what the forensics were on finding out what this problem was.

But what I don't support is lifting sequestration for defense and not doing it for the other parts of our national security.

I want to know what is underway to make sure not only the Air Guard in Minnesota, but all across this country, are going to be in compliance.

I support the President's budget. It ends sequestration, and it is paid for.

I am concerned about the older H models of the C-130s. They deliver the troops. They deliver the supplies.

It makes no sense to me to cut funding for readiness and modernization so Congress can protect outdated weapons systems and excess facilities.

Well, it has been pointed out that the Budget Control Act is the law of the land.

I am very disappointed in the way in which it was handled.

I would think that we would want to have all of our aircraft capable of flying within the United States and flying internationally.

I did not vote for sequestration, but I have to work within the law as you point out.

Let us take some tribal college resources and funds and let's train up Indian Country to be able to go out not only do their own construction but be able to do their own inspections.

It is our moral and legal responsibility to provide for the health care for Native Americans.

Thank you. Secretary Jewell, I note with interest that you are requesting a total of $195 million to help prepare communities for the challenges of climate change.

I have been to the Bug School, so I thought have seen it all, until I saw the high-voltage next to a dishwasher.

So maybe one of the things that we need to do is figure out how we get a more accurate number of what is going on in Indian Country

Without the full consultation and consent of impacted tribal nations, the EPA should not even consider lowering water quality standards for wild rice.

I appreciate what Mr. Cole said. We are not here to shoot any of the messengers today because quite frankly, people are trying to fix this problem.