So when your children stand in front of you, stand in front of the adults and say stop it, enough is enough, it is well past time to act.

I think it's critical that we continue to make progress on these issues.

But more is clearly needed. Indian Country needs better access to clinical services.

Absolutely, absolutely unacceptable.

They both have been designated colonias, and they are ineligible for some USDA rural development funds.

I've introduced a bill with the Chairman, Senator Murkowski, that will make the IHS Health Professions Awards Program exempt from a Federal income tax requirement.

I continue to hear from tribal leaders in New Mexico, including the Mescalero Apache Tribe and others who are concerned for the well-being of their people.

Thank you very much for that initiative, because I have many communities in my State that I think need that kind of initiative.

The unemployment rate there is totally unacceptable. It is near 50 percent.

I rise today to talk about the prescription drug crisis. Every day someone in our Nation dies--a son, daughter, a parent--from a drug overdose. Most overdoses are from prescription drugs, such as opioid painkillers. Too often drugs that…

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The need is clearly there, and the community is desperate to maintain these life-saving services.