You can buy a photo ID in the State of Washington, but it now costs 54 bucks. That is a poll tax, right.

Folks from Tribal Nations should not also be forced to pay poll tax to participate in democracy.

It impacts our country and it impacts your tribe, and, therefore, he signed onto it, and that is a testament to his leadership.

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.

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?

It is rare for someone from Montana to sign on to a bill that is focused on helping coastal tribes relocate.

We will make sure you all see copies of what it does, and to me, this is a good government bill.

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.

It matters that they have access to the Federal data that they need to do their jobs.

Today we aren't focusing on the past. We are reviewing two bills that bring the Congressional Research Service and, by extension, this institution further into the future.

Thanks again to my colleagues, to the Subcommittee Chairwoman, and our Subcommittee colleagues.

Today we are not focusing on the past. We are reviewing two bills that bring the Congressional Research Service and, by extension, this institution further into the future.

Thank you, Madam Chair and my colleagues, for joining us here for our first Modernization Subcommittee markup.

We are not here enough. ... Ideally, we would be actually in D.C. more full days than travel days.

One of the recommendations of the Modernization Committee was, let's try, insofar as is possible, to make that an entirely bipartisan experience.

We looked at everything from congressional capacity to outdated technology to rising polarization.

That is one of the things that I think we are hoping to do.

I am here to talk about modernizing Congress.

In total, the Select Committee made 202 recommendations. At this point, about half have been partially or fully implemented.

I think, actually, implementation of the Staff and Member Academy really matters.

Childcare in Washington State costs, on average, $1,000 per kid per month.

The House Administration Committee's Modernization Subcommittee, where I serve as the ranking member alongside Chairwoman Stephanie Bice, has been tasked with driving implementation.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act, a critical piece of legislation that represents not only an act of justice, but a…

We are also working on a bill called the Midwives Act, which would direct the DOD to establish a 5-year pilot to evaluate the use of professional midwives under the TRICARE program.