"Historically, USDA has not done everything that I think it could have to support Tribal producers."
"I think we appreciated that direction from the farm bill."
"Of course, trade is incredibly important to our producers in Minnesota."
"I know that you all are not alone in having that challenge with FMAP reimbursement."
"Thank you, Chair Schatz and Vice Chair Murkowski, for holding this hearing today."
"I applaud two leaders of this Committee, Senators Tina Smith and James Lankford, for their bipartisan introduction."
"This place that is now called Minnesota is the ancestral home of the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, and other indigenous people, who have lived in and cared for this beautiful part of the world for mi..."
"It is important to understand the government-to-government relationship between Minnesota tribes and the Federal Government."
"This bill can be a turning point for how the Federal government partners with Tribal Nations."
"It is meaningful to convene this Committee hearing on the sovereign lands of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and I thank the Tribe for their generosity in hosting us."
"I think a lot of times Federal agencies are trying to figure out how to implement something when Congress also has a job to do that it hasn't done."