We know that health care is a treaty right.

Transparency is important for us.

While many believe that IHS is underfunded, from my standpoint, investing more taxpayer money into a dysfunctional system will only compound the problem.

The Indian Health Service is failing us.

We appreciate that because action is needed.

Despite a large user population and an annual appropriation of $5 billion, IHS does not have a funding formula.

For years, tribal members in my home State of South Dakota have dealt with unimaginable horrors in dealing with IHS facilities.

I want to start by thanking Chairman Hoeven, Vice Chairman Udall, and members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for their dedicated service to the Native American communities.

If the question is what has changed since 2015, what we have seen changed is a new Administration, what we have since changed is a new agenda by this Administration to see to it that the economy actually grows and that businesses are given…

I support the President's agenda to pursue trade policies to create American jobs and to promote U.S. businesses.

some of those changes were also asked back in 2012, and they were not effectuated.

today I wish to recognize the courage and bravery of a fallen soldier, SGT Philip J. Iyotte of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. After 66 long years of waiting, Sergeant Iyotte's remains are finally being laid to rest this week in his hometown of…

We are not focusing on going after the guys who are actually causing the problems for everybody else.

I think it is important that we recognize that there is a standard of security which has to be imposed.

If we have within our abilities the opportunity to lay out a plan in which there is not just an auditable but a review process that could be put in place with assurances of the follow-through, we are still talking about the protections…

today I rise to speak about our country's need for tax reform. As our previous speakers have indicated, this is a critical time in our country, and we have an opportunity to make some good decisions that will impact our Nation for…

we are facing, in my opinion, a Federal forest management crisis.

One of my concerns about the increased foreign investment in the United States is what kind of electronic and cyber-vulnerabilities that increased foreign investment poses for our country.

as the Senate considers the National Defense Authorization Act, or the NDAA, I rise today to discuss a simple amendment in support of my constituents in South Dakota who are military retirees, as well as those in many other States who find…

And so the reality is that while they may very well have tools available to them, there are also restrictions that an official in China would look at and say, 'We have already made a decision that these are appropriate in many cases, and…

By December. And that's based upon averaging out 30,000 cubes?

I'm just wondering if you could shed some light just for the folks in the local area about why we're having this kind of challenge to cross Corps land to get to the water which we have a state water right to obtain?

You say the Corps has essentially completed this work.

Are there any plans right now to open up any of the bypass spillways, the tunnels as we call them out here, to avoid or--because of the fact that there may not be the need for generation or the ability to generate through the power plant?

The reason why we ask, and we're going to have testimony from the mayor of Pierre shortly, the City of Pierre has been undertaking a burdensome permitting process in order to obtain an easement to cross Corps land to have access to the…