cell phones today are becoming ubiquitous and more essential to our everyday lives. Americans today have over 300 million wireless phones. We use these phones in new and innovative ways. Consumers today increasingly use their cell phones…

Thank you for your longstanding leadership on issues effecting Native Americans and Native Hawaiians.

you made some incredible comments. You remember that 2 years ago we were running around this place trying to figure out how to solve the unemployment problem.

when we were talking about unemployment might reach 10 percent and the Chairman said in Indian country, that would be a blessing if it could get to that.

Most people probably can't imagine life without a telephone; yet today, as Ms. Taylor said, more than 30 percent of the households in Indian country don't have basic access to telephone service.

I also want to especially recognize my Senator, Senator Tom Udall from New Mexico, who has worked diligently and has the same passion as I in bridging the digital divide on Navajo Lands in New Mexico.

We will go dark if we lose funding because over--all our stations rely on funding, not just from PTFP and from CPB, of at least 50 to 100 percent.

Is it fair to say that, in effect, the military operation is designed to create space for political options to unfold?

I think that's at the heart of what we're doing. Thank you for making that clear.

the Navajo Code Talkers were a small group of marines who contributed to the American victory in the Pacific during World War II. Their language and their bravery made victory possible and helped save Allied soldiers' lives. These Navajo…

I support the President and the international community moving the way it has moved to protect the civilian population.

Water infrastructure is of supreme importance in the American west, where water is scarce, and when it does come, it can cause destructive flooding.