Senator Hoeven and I have led a lot of efforts on distracted driving and got a bill passed just recently with Senator Thune's help.

Okay, is there anything else that you want to elaborate on as far as the history or anything else regarding the homeowners and the lots that are on Patterson Lake in their development?

It is moving too slowly getting these appointments in place and I think we all need to do everything we can to help expedite it.

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 think it is a very difficult way to have a transition when you think that almost 9 months later we get the people in place to lead these agencies.

I think that is a valuable part of our Democracy.

The President wanted to do P3 projects.

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

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

I rise today to speak in support of the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act--bipartisan legislation that will help ensure that our veterans receive the care they deserve. We owe our veterans more than we can ever repay for…

I am asking for your commitment to work with us.

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

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

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

I have a request for the Indians Affairs Committee to meet today at 2:30 p.m. First, we have a markup in the Indian Affairs Committee. The two bills we are marking up are Democrat-sponsored bills. The first one is Senator Tester's bill…

now is the time to get back to basics. The Federal Government doesn't exist for its own sake, it exists for the people, and if Federal regulation serves no useful function for the people, then it only serves to hold back our Nation's…

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.