We need to really reduce the risk of fire and that means directing resources to do forest management.

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

Those two species were like the core of the diet that supported the tribes from time immemorial.

DFC has blinders on, and is continuing to support all these fossil projects.

I encourage you to persist aggressively, given the consequences of failure, and we certainly have a deeply entrenched company, or companies, determined to keep addicting children.

One of the things that both Russia and China have been engaged in is transnational repression and last week, I introduced a bill with Senators Rubio, Cardin, and Hagerty, a comprehensive bill.

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

This subcommittee will come to order.

the budget you have put before us proposes $642, I am rounding off, million for Bureau of Indian Affairs' public safety and justice programs.

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

I feel strongly that if we want to build a safer, more competitive country, we can't give up on the need to invest right here at home.

Transitioning to LNG is not decarbonization.

Thank you, Senator. You timed it just perfectly.

I introduced bill, the Children's Safe Welcome Act, which we have shared with your team, which was designed to kind of lay out the gold standard.

It seems like that is at odds with bipartisan support for water infrastructure.

the primary reason that I have been hearing, personally from firefighters, is the pay gap.

We found the three C's, if you will. We found the cartels. We found the corruption, and we found the climate change.

Thank you, Senator. You timed it just perfectly.

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

I want to emphasize that word, 'required'.

the proposed fiscal year 2024 President's Budget addresses a lot of the concerns and challenges we have with the recruitment and retention.

About ten miles from my house, there is a Maya Lin designed bird blind on the Columbia River, where Lewis and Clark camped.

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.

Once we lose them there, they are gone. And we know how hard it is to get the phosphorus out of the lake.

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