John Hoeven actually said...

"It is easy to say that more dollars will help save the language. That is a true statement, as simple as that is."

"Anything that Congress can do and the Federal agencies can do, the relevant agencies can do, to help support the creation of a way for Native speakers to make a living speaking their language."

"I think we have to remember that part of losing a language is that it was robbed of its relevancy."

"Showing us those metrics is going to be very important."