I think it's despicable to think that that's where we've come when it is so clearly the case that this commission is the right thing to do, it is the right thing to do to get to the bottom of what happened.

Today's hearing of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development will come to order.

Native housing issues immediately came to mind as a topic for both of us.

I am hopeful that today presents an opportunity for this Committee to rededicate ourselves to meeting the treaty and moral obligations of our Nation when it comes to ensuring that Native Americans have access to safe, affordable, and…

Senator Rounds and I have worked together on Native housing issues for several years.

The inconsistency here is just jaw dropping.

Thank you so much Chair Schatz and Vice Chair Murkowski. Thank you so much for holding this hearing today.

I think that the Committee will learn a lot from her testimony about why Native language instruction is important in Minnesota and across the Country.

Every effort should be made to ensure that the restrictions to telehealth services at RHCs and FQHCs that were in place before the pandemic are not reinstated when the public health emergency ends.

Right. And you are trying to balance premiums that do a better job of covering the overall cost, and also trying to balance encouraging more people to participate, right?

And that expands the overall pool, which is a good thing.

This is a question about how we can encourage more communities to sign up for NFIP.