Jon Tester: “We must prioritize the needs of our Native students and ensure their voices are heard.”

These are important bills that need to get advanced, and today is the start of that.

I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time and there being no further debate, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 1987), as amended, was passed.

There's plenty of examples of it. The Mission Act is a prime example. The fastest growing part of the V.A. budget. Why? Because we privatizing V.A. health care and its costing us more money, not less.

This Crow Water bill in front of the Committee today is an excellent example of the good work that the Chairman is doing serving his tribe.