John Hoeven

I am co-sponsoring with Senator Cortez Masto the Bridging Agency and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act.

There is incredible diversity among the 700-plus reservations across the United States.

I have been working to advance the SURVIVE Act, which would set aside 5 percent of the Crime Victims Fund to be allocated directly to tribes.

It is crucial that we listen to the voices of Native communities.

My concern with user fees, again, are farmers and ranchers being able to access the markets on a cost-effective basis.

It is my opinion that that should not be a large federally funded government program, but instead USDA can play a role in setting parameters.

Yes, and you hit the nail on the head. That is really important.

Through TRICARE, are you providing enough mental health services and providers for our service members?

I am glad to hear you say that. Thank you so much.

There is incredible diversity among the 700-plus reservations across the United States.

I am co-sponsoring with Senator Cortez Masto the Bridging Agency and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act, BADGES.

I have been working to advance the SURVIVE Act, which would set aside 5 percent of the Crime Victims Fund to be allocated directly to tribes.

It is my opinion that that should not be a large federally funded government program, but instead USDA can play a role.

Yes, and you hit the nail on the head. That is really important.

I have concerns about that.

The True North, Task Force True North is something I have worked on with the Chairman of this Committee.

And it is addressing family needs too, not just the servicemember, right?

Our Ranking Member here and the Chairwoman did, I think, a pretty good job in terms of moving forward on the CO2 issue.

We will use all the authorities that we have to make sure these programs are flexible and they are locally led.

Our Ranking Member here and the Chairwoman did, I think, a pretty good job in terms of moving forward on the CO2 issue.

We will use all the authorities that we have to make sure these programs are flexible and they are locally led.

I think you have opportunity there and hopefully we can help you with some tools.

I just had a roundtable out in North Dakota and we talked about that, and you are dealing with a lot of different folks, not only the farmers and the ranchers but your county commissioners, your water districts and all these kinds of…

Our Ranking Member here and the Chairwoman did, I think, a pretty good job in terms of moving forward on the CO2 issue.

You have got to provide flexibility if you are going to make sure that those carbon capture programs are farmer friendly.