Companies should not be able to coerce Americans into providing their personal information by threatening to deprive them of a service.

I rise today as the Senate has been called upon to fulfill our constitutional duty to give advice and consent on President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. In the past, Presidents worked with a bipartisan Senate to…

how important it is for the communities to have Federal and private partners

I joined with Senator Gardner of Colorado and introduced the bipartisan Access Broadband Act.

I introduced the Moving First Act. I think it's important that we authorize more grant funding programs for rural America.

Representatives from eight of the tribes were contacted, told us that in general the language included in the Federal grant applications is difficult to understand or the administrative requirements of Federal grants are burdensome.

if you don't have accurate data or can't sustain it or get that information, it makes it difficult to even do that initial application

As we move forward with 5G, and I think we should, we've got to address this issue of our rural communities that are not connected and underserved communities because they will be left behind.

Now we need to change the culture, and we need experts to come in and help.

Your Voice is Powerful.

I appreciate the hearing today. Thank you all for being here.

It is just another way of defending dignity and involving, again, the caregiver and that whole team

Tribal consultation is not just a check the box exercise.

It is extremely helpful to our Committee as we contribute ideas for moderating health care costs while actually improving the quality of patient satisfaction and outcomes

We have spent a number of hearings... trying to address and understand how those patients and their families dealing with Alzheimer's and dementia navigate the health care system.

I hope you are not waiting for Congress to act to stand this up before we make the necessary changes to protect our athletes.

Representatives from eight of the tribes we contacted told us that in general, the language included in the federal grant applications is difficult to understand or the administrative requirements of federal grants are burdensome.

1 year has passed since 58 lives were cut short at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Those wounded and killed that night had come together to have fun, to relax, and to celebrate their love of country music with their friends and…

Despite the loss of public HMDA data, each of your agencies still has a requirement to ensure that Latinos, African Americans, women and other people are not rejected for loans due to their gender or ethnicity.

I was the Attorney General of Nevada during the financial crisis and saw first-hand how big banks targeted vulnerable people and communities of color.

This is exactly why it was so important that the CFPB required more data collection and more oversight over lending activities.

I am really interested in how we, at the Federal level, can help streamline some of these.

I have a team that focuses just on grant writing, literally to provide assistance to organizations.

We should collect more and better data but we should also listen to what the tribes are saying.

It is critical that we work together to improve the lives of Native youth.