Unfortunately, this year it seems like we can provide more money for defense budgets but we cannot put more money into saving lives of Native youth.

What they lack is a sustainable funding source. These efforts are at the heart of the trust responsibility our government holds with tribal nations.

It is our responsibility to ensure that every child has the opportunity to thrive.

If we keep doing what we are doing right now and do everything the way we have done it and we are all here in ten years, do you think we have a better result?

I do not think anyone here thinks that suicide is anything other than a symptom of what are clearly conditions that many children on the reservation and in Indian Country exist in, creating stress.

I can tell you stories of children who have been involved in anti-suicide programs who have been model children who later committed suicide.

What we have done in the past clearly has not worked.

We cannot simply say 'we share your concern.' It is not enough any longer for the Federal Government to say we share the concerns of all the tribal entities and all the tribal families and all the tribal parents who are losing the next…

I rise today to again speak about the North Dakotans who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country in the Vietnam war. Since March, I have had the honor of learning from families about the lives of their sons, brothers…

Let us use products that are renewable. Let us use green products.

I do not think we know what volumes of cellulosic ethanol can be produced because we have not given the market certainty, and so we have stalled out investment.

I am a strong supporter of truly 'all of the above' energy policy security.