Do you think that establishing a permanent rural development tribal technical assistance office, is that the first step toward that identification and that awareness of sovereignty and that these are entities that need to be dealt with…

I hope we can expedite your confirmation. I find you perfectly well qualified.

we cannot underestimate what a bad manager does to efficiency, what a bad manager does to morale

You will find a very open committee, a very interested committee, a very committed committee.

It is unbelievable to any of us that there is not a master list somewhere, especially within each agency, of what these programs are.

We are here to listen, and when you run into problems it is important to bring it back to our Committee.

I rise today to discuss a couple of pressing issues regarding our healthcare system and to ensure that Americans are aware of some critical deadlines for their health options in the marketplace. It is that time of year. Healthcare open…

I think it is critically important, and I would just ask that you pay particular attention to that problem.

The MHA Nation greatly appreciates Senator Heitkamp's sponsorship of S. 1942, 'Savanna's Act' and strongly supports its passage.

Will you, if confirmed, commit to pushing in the next DHS budget for sufficient funds to execute the Northern Border strategy?

I think, again, in our oversight capacity, we are going to be very concerned about cleaning out the backlog and making sure, and if you do not have the resources, we need to know that because it is only going to get worse if systemic…

I do want to point out when you look at the budget, which was passed, which foretells what is going to happen in tax reform, there are some pretty serious cuts in that budget that will have a pretty dramatic effect on the ability of people…