Jeff Merkley

It is as bad as coal.

The amount of fossils that can be burned by humankind across the globe, and keep us below 1.5 degrees centigrade, is microscopic now.

DFC has to rethink this strategy doing far more harm than good.

The world is at this crisis point.

I really salute the administration's commitment to those--to the four programs: So one is the dioxin cleanup, one is the disabilities with children, and a third is continuing the demining, and the fourth is the Wartime Accounting…

It is exciting, as someone who grew up during the Vietnam War, to see the positive relationship that we now have with Vietnam, and hoping to build on that.

I have submitted a request for this budget to include some dedicated funds for supporting folks who advocate for, and support environmental defenders.

The USAID's Climate Strategy says it seeks to promote a safe and secure political environment for indigenous peoples, human rights, and environmental defenders.

In the President's budget, it has a $197 million, potentially, to be used for remediation of dioxin.

Thank you, Chairman Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski, and Members of the subcommittee for your leadership to reduce pollution in rivers, improve clean water access, safeguard public drinking water supplies.

I do not want to see us moving backwards.

I think it is an incredibly important investigation and report. We need to shine a light on the past in order to understand issues that may help us direct into the future.

I look forward to learning more about that.

We have a lot of Tribes in both of our states, and a lot of work to be done on many fronts.

Thank you. And I know there has been a fair much amount of attention to the deaths, and the conditions, and it needs attention.

The Budget is a historic step and the start of an ongoing conversation with Tribes.

Thank you for fully funding the new Hopi Detention Center.

It is imperative to look at a wide range of topics, because those topics are so interwoven.

Amen to that. And I have a bill to change that, so Thank you, for drawing attention and spotlighting that issue.

What is the broader vision for this?

I am quite pleased that we had that legislative achievement, and I hope the advance helps with the predictable and stable funding for years to come.

A major driver is a $742 million increase to expand access to health care across all IHS Direct Service lines.

I hope the results of those meetings will be that these Tribes that haven't been able to participate in the program, will be able to get their feet on the ground, and get started.

Please, any extra attention you can give to that Warm Springs project will be much, much appreciated.

Would that proposal significantly cut the removal of lead pipes, resulting in more damage to more children?