"I would also like to thank the staff for this Committee, who toured the health facilities on the Colville Reservation last year and heard directly from our staff about the challenges they face in providing care to our members."
"I am working hard to produce legislative solutions to this problem."
"We have tried to work with IHS in the past, and that has failed, and that is why we are pushing to have these reforms put in place."
"This is something that I have heard over and over, dozens and dozens of times through the years, that IHS has ignored many of the protocols."
"Letter from Chairman William Bear Shield, Rosebud Sioux Tribe to the Hon. Kristi Noem dated June 20, 2017."
"if this country doesn't feed ourselves, then we're dependent on another country, then they control us"
"opening statement"
"For me, I am from South Dakota and a small business owner, and I don't know if the same program would work for South Dakota that would work in New York or California or Florida or Illinois."
"What happened yesterday is yesterday. What is going to happen tomorrow is what we have a role in trying to do."
"How can I trust them with the safety and care of the 122,000 tribal members in the Great Plains?"
"I appreciate that."