Tom Udall

This legislation before us demonstrates what local governments and tribes can achieve through mutual respect and cooperation.

The importance of tribal trust acquisitions cannot be overstated.

The authority of the Secretary to take land into trust is the crowning achievement of the IRA.

Through this Act, Congress sought to empower, rather than undermine, tribal governments.

Tribal sovereignty is critical to the success of our nation.

We appreciate FDA's focus in recent years on the challenges of antibiotic use in animal agriculture and the need to address outstanding barriers to effective stewardship.

Part of this duty is minimizing harmful exposure to toxic chemicals emitted from e-cigarettes.

Can I get your commitment to work with the USDA and other agencies to address the urgent issue of antibiotic resistance?

Do you agree with me that this is potentially a vital source of information that will help inform both public health stakeholders and the growers themselves about when antibiotics are working or not working, what resistance they may…

I was proud to join another champion, Senator Feinstein, as the cosponsor of legislation both she and Representative Slaughter developed.

Last month Congress lost Representative Slaughter, a dogged champion of efforts to combat antibiotic resistance.

If self governance were to be expanded beyond BIA and the USDA Forest Service-managed lands, how would that improve your current management ability?

Thank you, Chairman Hoeven, for calling this oversight hearing to commemorate the 30th anniversary of tribal self-governance.

Together, through these partnerships, we can move mountains, literally.

I believe there is language in the fiscal year 2018 appropriation bill that talks about when you all look at these kinds of decisions, consulting DOD (Department of Defense) and making sure--Mr. Petty is nodding his head here, so I guess I…

The National Guard is there because Customs and Border Protection have identified areas where they can be assisted by the deployment of National Guard troops to help them secure the border.

Smart border technology would be a much more effective and efficient security investment.

Sheriff Vigil says the border is not experiencing the crisis the Trump Administration claims and he says building a wall and sending in National Guard troops would be a waste of money.

We are going to keep pushing for one, and we hope that you will find a way to do this.

I believe this is outrageous considering the record amount of money this committee has approved for DOD in recent years.

I introduced an amendment with Senators Rounds, Boozman, Murray, and Heinrich last year to the NDAA which I plan to reintroduce as a standalone bill as well to fix this problem.

An estimated 10,000 Yemeni civilians have been killed by Saudi airstrikes.

A political resolution vice a military resolution is necessary here.

I would just say I am very proud of many of the Republicans in the--who serve in the United States Senate standing up and saying that they think that this would be intolerable and they would not accept it.

I think they should answer the question.