John Hoeven

I want to commend you on that as well as Lighthizer and Wilbur Ross. I think that will help our cattle producers.

Good farm policy benefits every single American every single day with the highest quality lowest cost food supply in the history of the world.

I have serious concerns about the CFPB. I am on Appropriations, and we do not have jurisdiction over their appropriations.

I am asking for your commitment to work with us.

The Federal share was originally $900 million but now it is $450 million.

The President wanted to do P3 projects.

Well, again, I want to emphasize the importance because of our need to get qualified healthcare professionals out in Indian country.

I think that is a valuable part of our Democracy.

I understand that, you know, the Administration is trying to find savings where they can.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being here and for your good and very important work.

I want you to be an advocate for the follow-on. In other words, I want you to go in and say, 'Look, through telehealth we can make diagnosis.'

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

This is a very important tool to help save a veteran's life, particularly in rural areas.

Thank you for your work on the Native American Children's Safety Act and, of course, many, many other issues.

This is a very good program. This is a very good partnership, once again.

Do they go on, then? Do they get a baccalaureate here? Do they go on to somewhere else?

Are you able to retain many of those people that you graduated with a social work degree?

So you're in year two of the second five?

And then, what I would like from you is a response back as to how you plan to address them, and who is going to be the pointperson to work with the Chairwoman to do that.

So what I would ask you before you leave is: Ask--or, get from the Chairwoman her top three priorities.

Is there anything you can do to help there, in terms of helping them fund the Head Start and bringing resources, assistance, training?

Thank you to Senator John Hoeven and the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for hosting a field hearing on the Spirit Lake Dakota reservation on the very important topic of child safety and protection.

Sexual assault and sexual harassment of any kind are completely unacceptable and obviously have no place in an institution of higher education or anywhere else in our society.

How do you create circuit breakers or safeguards to prevent that?

I think it is not only important, in terms of national security, but also in terms of creating and building support for good policy.