Because state agencies and policies continue to leave American Indians and Alaska Natives out of data collection efforts, data reporting, and analysis, Indian Country has become what the National Congress of American Indians calls the…

Thank you Chairman Hoeven for holding this hearing on my bill and others today.

The JOM program has proven to be an effective and essential program for Navajo students attending public school.

What is the average adverse childhood experience of Native American children? We do not know, do we?

I want to make a point about Senator Franken's comments. We began this process in our caucus because our frustration is, we hear the concerns and we hear the problems.

It is really hard to get a level of accountability on this side because to us it seems to be unfair to put this back on you.

I look forward to working with Senator Merkley to mark up these bills and move them forward for our consideration.

An accurate student count is critical for JOM program administration, budget justification, and the delivery of student services.

Congress and our country desperately need to have an honest, meaningful, transparent, and bipartisan conversation about improving our healthcare system. It shouldn't be a tall order, but around here things that seem common sense to the…

I am concerned about the rental market, which, Mr. DeMarco, in your testimony you made a critical point that one of our greatest challenges is actually in the rental market.

We have been begging you guys for a decision to allow haying, because people have to make decisions right now about what they are going to do with their herd.

one of the things that the healthcare law changes here have demonstrated is that partisanship in Congress has reached a new high--or I would say a new low. I am tired of reading about who is to blame for what, and I know Americans and…