We have an underutilized resource in America. It is called 'rural America.'

We certainly understood that the role of those small towns is to support the dominant industry, which is agriculture.

Regional strategies may sound vague, but the main point is that they target resources to where they have the most impact locally.

Through this new approach, the Committee hopes rural communities target investment to boost economic development by harnessing their strengths.

I want to go back to Senator Tester's discussion about one stop shop and accommodating those concerns not from the standpoint of just ease of discussion but accountability of all those agencies to work together.

I think everyone wants to get out of the business of being paternalistic.

What we want to do is build out that capacity of self-determination.

I think both of you acknowledge that this is land that first and foremost the tribes have primacy over.

You do understand their problem with this distinction of public land versus tribal land?

I did a little work on State taxation in Indian country. I would dispute some of your statements.

I think one of the biggest complaints that I hear repeatedly in Indian country is that the system of Federal regulation treats these as if they were public lands and not tribal lands.

It would be critical and be a huge step forward if the appropriations would come and federally impacted schools are going to get their first payment as schools begin.