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.

The EPA does not exist to kill jobs. Rather, the EPA plays a critical role in our economy.

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

As you know, we are going to want to possibly see outcomes on this, and $25 million is significant, but in the big scheme of things across all of Indian Country, it is not much.

After years of diminished budgets with agencies barely holding their own, your budget request to turn the corner and put sequestration behind us is welcomed.

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.

We can take the first step as a Congress to end sequestration.

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.

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

But making sure that we go through the same clinical trials that we would for anyone in the United States or in Europe, for that matter, before a vaccine is widely disbursed is critically important.

I would also like to extend my thanks to the panels that are here today who reflect all the healthcare workers around the world, especially those in Africa who are working so hard and the researchers who are trying to find ways in which to…

We are a state that is blessed to have so many wonderful, wonderful people from all over the world who call Minnesota home including a large Liberian population, one who is mourning the loss of their own.