Derek Kilmer actually said...

"If we fund the urban Indian health at the requested level, what does it mean for the communities you serve, and what does it mean if we don't?"

"I would definitely advise your offices to take a look at both the report and the response that came from HHS because the tribal communities and the tribal epidemiology centers, we are asking for more."

"I will tell you, my firm belief is if it had not been for the Indian tribes, those fish would be extinct today."

"Every tribe in the Pacific Northwest, when they sign treaties, they retain their right to fish in their traditional places of fishing."