Melanie Stansbury: “what do you see are the biggest challenges and opportunities to really address these challenges going forward?”

They initiated tribal outreach during the government shutdown when the Bureau of Indian Affairs was not even staffed and operable,

I think that the NDAA is bloated with the largest amount of spending we’ve ever seen in the history of the United States, and is paying for things that the public does not agree with.

I am appalled by what is coming before us on the floor today all wrapped up in one big, ugly rule. There are billions for ICE's warrantless searches on Americans and for funds that cut millions of Americans' children's access to food…

So what this bill would do is study the current formula funds that are allocated per student to these tribally controlled schools to evaluate how to increase funding per student, how to address increasing teacher and staff pay, and how to…