John Thune actually said...

"The tough choices are with regard to those parts of the budget that we all know are growing dramatically."

"That is an issue that we think could make a difference in Indian country and with a lot of the IHS issues which we covered at great length yesterday."

"One of the things that you perhaps have heard, as my staff and I have, is concerns the tribes have raised about the amount of money that goes into overhead, administrative costs, as opposed to what is..."

"Do you feel that IHS is responsive to the concerns of the tribal council and the Tribal Chairman's Health Board when they bring forward issues?"