I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for no more than 7 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise with sorrow and regret to pay tribute to SFC Matthew McClintock. Sergeant McClintock was a native of my home State of New Mexico. He died on January 5 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained from small arms fire…

We need more resources for the agency to recruit and retain competent and committed staff.

When critical public health facilities close, people are going to die. That is what is going to happen.

I have introduced a bill with Senator Murkowski that would make the IHS Health Professions Awards Program exempt from a Federal income tax requirement.

It is intolerable that any IHS emergency facility close for any amount of time.

When Senator Dorgan was our chairman, we highlighted this.

I am a big supporter of telehealth and many of the other strategies you mentioned.

I am pleased that the IHS officials from Rockville recently visited the NCI Detox Center which is expected to run out of funding at the end of next month.

I wish to echo the comments Senator Murkowski made in terms of the new pages. We welcome all of you. We are excited about having you here. It is a big change to go from the previous pages to the new pages. We are excited about how things…

I ask unanimous consent that Jack Gardner, a member of my staff, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

And I know she mentioned this because my staff told me.