"We want them to know who they are. We have lost enough of our children that way."
"We would like to ask for additional funding to help us with that."
"We ask you to protect funding for the Department of Energy's Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program."
"I believe we all sitting in these seats and at this table are here because we want to be and that people believe in us to make that choice for them."
"There was mentioned before that, you know, soon we will be the ancestors, and are our future children going to say that our ancestors made the good choice for me like our ancestors made good choices f..."
"I want to thank you for the expanded Medicaid and Medicare. It has been an absolute help on our reservation."
"I urge you to support the swift transition to clean energy and away from dirty fossil fuels that damage public health and our public lands."
"I urge you to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund at the newly-reauthorized $900 million level to conserve irreplaceable lands and improve outdoor recreation."
"The funding needs of American Indians and Alaskan Natives on reservations and in urban areas must be a priority to begin to work towards fully honoring the Federal government's unique government-to-go..."
"The underfunding of tribal law enforcement and justice systems directly contributes to Native Americans experiencing one of the Nation's highest rates of crime and victimization in the United States."
"I urge you to make equitable and non-discretionary Federal funding available directly to tribal nations."
"The Indian healthcare delivery system still spends only 40 percent of the national average per patient."