I certainly hope you are in a position to look at this across the Country.

Thank you all for holding this hearing on the nomination of Roselyn Tso to be the Director of the Indian Health Service.

I believe that Roselyn Tso will bring the necessary leadership to the Indian Health Service.

One of the areas I wanted to focus some time on is, there was an effort to elevate the tribal government affairs leadership to the rank of Assistant Secretary within the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a historic opportunity to support our tribal communities.

I want to thank you for that as well. Thank you, Mr. Rounds, for that advocacy.

What I don't want to see that Pueblos and tribes do not get any money in New Mexico or qualify for any grants because they didn't have that support or that technical expertise.

I think it is important for the Committee to know what the staffing need would be in order to complete these.

Congress expanded the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address some of the unique barriers to broadband buildout on Tribal lands by providing an additional $2 billion to the program.

I am going to find every way that I can to stop this from happening.

I urge my colleagues to support his nomination.

It is a great privilege to introduce President Biden's nominee to be Chairman of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Javier Saade.