Tom Udall

This news was particularly concerning for us to hear as many members of this Committee, including myself and Senator Cortez Masto, have repeatedly asked you at hearings about whether BIE is meeting student accountability reporting…

As this Committee is well aware, the Federal Government has trust and treaty obligations to provide vital services to American Indian and Alaska Native tribes.

I am committed to doing everything I can to address these issues head-on.

IHS is taking a comprehensive and integrated approach towards creating an oversight capability at headquarters to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

I applaud IHS for the strides it has made since the first high risk hearing last May, but despite this progress, since then, two more federally-operated IHS facilities are reportedly at risk of losing their CMS accreditation. I am deeply…

However, including Indian programs on the GAO High Risk list confirms what many in Indian Country have reported to this Committee; we must do better.

progress on closing GAO recommendations and service reports, with a renewed focus on improving quality of care, has not been enough to fix the accreditation issues at the Gallup Indian Medical Center.

I know IHS faces an uphill battle when it comes to the age of its facilities.

Year after year, tribal communities report gaps in Federal programs.

We think it is critical that all Federal resources go where they need to be which is at these schools.

I find that OLC opinion extremely alarming.

The traditional idea is that war at its base is an extension of politics.

They are very expansive claims, and I think a lot of us thought that the Libya opinion was about as aggressive and as expansive as one could be, and that was only topped last week with the one on Syria.

the Federal Communications Commission Schools and Libraries program, commonly known as E-Rate, has helped connect our schools and libraries to highspeed broadband. Recent changes allowed for schools to pay for Wi-Fi on campuses…

I think it was naive to pull out of the Iran agreement, and I think, in the end, we will be worse off for it.

Since President Trump announced the United States withdrawal from the JCPOA, there has been a lot of talk about the possibility of the U.S. using military force against Iran, a possibility that is concerning to me and many of my colleagues.

Congress has failed to exert its legitimate constitutional authority, even in the face of the most clearly unauthorized use of military force to date.

I think it is dangerous and destabilizing and should end immediately.

Is that not the role of Congress that the Constitution calls for?

when there is cooperation on all fronts in Cuba, I think Americans do better and Cubans do better.

This administration's use of military force against the Government of Syria, Congress has not declared war on, or authorized the use of military force against, this nation's government.

This is yet another example, over 50 years, failed isolationist policies towards Cuba.

There is no doubt that the U.S. companies would benefit from business with Cuban airlines.

I want to offer my condolences to the people of Cuba and to those who perished on the flight from Havana last week.

War forces our will on an opponent or through military means to reach a political objective.