I appreciate your holding this hearing today to consider legislation on a number of topics, none more important than tribal health care.

for a number of years, we have been debating healthcare in this country. Clearly, our healthcare system had problems 8 years ago when they started to do healthcare reform. I saw that as a doctor practicing in Casper, WY. Well, then…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Healthcare Legislation

Congratulations on your chairmanship and thank you for using this as the focus of our first hearing under your leadership.

I think it is very important, and I appreciate you calling this hearing to examine ways to improve the workplace environment in the National Park Service during its second century.

People are dying here as a result of the care they are not receiving, or the care they are receiving.

The Russia/Citgo deal is deeply concerning to me because it would place critical U.S. energy assets under the control of a foreign adversary.

I congratulate my colleague from Missouri for the excellent comments he made. I bring to the floor a report that came out last evening, which is essentially the analysis that the Obama administration never wanted the American people to…

Republicans have been warning for years now about the grave damage ObamaCare has done to the American healthcare system. We have pointed out how the healthcare law's regulations are destabilizing the health insurance industry. We have…

the highways, roads, and bridges need to be a central component of any infrastructure bill.

I want to talk also about the way that funds are distributed in current formula programs.

So are there ways we can look together to look for some common sense regulations in terms of rural America?

Could you talk a little bit about your vision to streamline the regulatory process to accelerate the delivery of some of these projects?

over the past few months, Congress has passed 14 different resolutions that are going to save the American people money and are going to make it a lot easier for our economy to grow. There have been 14 times since February that we have…

Well, endangered species don't care whether the Federal Government or a State government protects them; they just want to be protected.

Some have tried to argue that the Federal Government, not the States, is the only entity capable of saving endangered species, and that the States should take a back seat on wildlife conservation for species at risk of extinction.

Well, our time has expired.

It is time to modernize the Act to take advantage of the unparalleled conservation capacity of most of today's State fish and wildlife agencies.

over the weekend, President Trump celebrated 100 days that he has been in office as President of the United States. Newspapers and magazines and pundits on television were all talking about what the President has accomplished in those…

using the current predominantly formula-based FAST Act approach to distribution would ensure both rural and urban States participate in the initiative.

Am I correct that you are continuing to protect the environment?

My perception is that you have identified a number of ways that we can reduce bureaucracy.

Infrastructure is a shared bipartisan priority of all of the members of this Committee.

I have concerns with subjecting rural States to the same rules as more densely populated States.

The largest hurdles to starting roadwork is getting the needed Government approvals.