According to the Justice Department's own findings, Native American women are two to three times more likely than women of any other race to experience violence, stalking, or sexual assault.

We must increase our nation's energy security, while at the same time addressing the global climate crisis.

I've been proud to work with Senator Thune and other colleagues in the House and the Senate to move towards incorporating the ACP into a Universal Service Fund to ensure its long-term stability and improve program effectiveness.

This budget makes investment, not only in individuals and families impacted by substance abuse, but also across different communities at are especially highly at risk to overdose.

I appreciate that, Director. I have other questions I'll submit into the record.

The mental behavioral health system in the United States has been pushed to its breaking point.

We have to make sure that insurance companies cover mental health and substance abuse disorder like any other ailment.

We have seen American family after American family, their story about substance use disorder and what it has done.

The challenge of rapidly changing ocean conditions requires further research and development, using tools like cutting edge super computers and AI.

Oceans industries like fisheries and tourism need accurate forecasts to be able to plan ahead for the next day's weather and adapt to changing seasonal ocean patterns.

Improving our ocean modeling capabilities isn't just important for protecting our ocean economies.