justified considering that two hundred twenty million dollars was slashed just last year from the indian health service a nearly five percent cut due to the sequester the decrease in money is actually illegal and stands by aleisha of longstanding treaties between the u.s. government and native american communities but government cutbacks and broken promises aren't the only hurdles facing the lakota nation the inner corruption within the council itself is of concern when it comes to the allocation of funds if this were to pass we would like the alcohol revenues to be set in a separate account not come into the chives general because the tribe has something called the general fund and the general fund is pretty much money that's spent where there's you can't really tag it or track it. you know what i mean they call it the black hole only time will tell if legalization is the right course of action for a community devastated by alcoholism but more importantly is whether the tribal council will spend these potential funds in a way that can build a sustainable future for generations to come in pine ridge so

affecting everything from tribal courts to road maintenance. 0,000 fewern 80 outpatient visits to indian health service clinics. and affecting headstart services for 44,000 native children. on top of years of reductions. each cut compounding the effects of previous ones. tribes have made great strides in building their economies. to maintain progress, we need our federal government leaders to recommit themselves to our partnership. investing in the infrastructure required to support new developments. maintenance has been deferred on reservation schools, clinics, hospitals, roads, bridges, and irrigation facilities. austin to the point where they are no longer safe -- often to the point where they are no longer safe. housing in many communities has been substandard for decades. 21y native communities lack st century technology. rod band service is lacking in indian country. oadband service is lacking in indian country. comes even lack basic phone services. a chief represents dozens of tribes and villages in alaska. i am appalled to tell you that many communities do not even have running water or modern

just last year from the indian health service and nearly five percent cut. due to the sequestered the decrease in money is actually illegal and stands in violation of a longstanding treaties between the us government and native american communities the government cutbacks and broken promises aren't the only hurdles facing the lakota nation. the inner corruption within the council itself is of concern when it comes to the allocation of funds. if this were to pass we would like the alcohol revenues to be said in a separate account. not coming to the tides and as the tide has something called the general fund and the general fund is pretty much just money that stands where there's you can really get are attacking you know i mean they call it the black hole. only time will tell its legalization is the right course of action for community devastated by alcoholism. but more importantly is whether the tribal council will spend these potential fines in a way that can build a sustainable future for generations to come. in pine ridge south dakota. we sell our tea. acc

justified considering that two hundred twenty million dollars was slashed just last year from the indian health service a nearly five percent cut due to the sequester the decrease in money is actually illegal and stands in violation of longstanding treaties between the u.s. government and native american communities but government cutbacks and broken promises aren't the only hurdles facing the lakota nation the inner corruption within the council itself is of concern when it comes to the allocate. of funds if this were to pass we would like the alcohol revenues to be set in a separate account not come into the tribes general because the tribe has something called the general fund and the general fund is pretty much money that's spent where there's you can't really take a gator track it you know i mean they call it the black hole only time will tell if legalization is the right course of action for a community devastated by alcoholism but more importantly is whether the tribal council will spend these potential funds in a way that can build a sustainable future for generations to come in pine ridge sout

the interior bill increases funding for indian health service, which is necessary. it increases funding for indian education and for promoting good stewardship of our public lands. this bill is important to states like montana and will improve the quality of life for folks on our seven reservations and create more tourism and recreational opportunities throughout montana. i am concerned, however, by the absence of one measure. it's a measure approved by the senate appropriations and rules committee, it is bipartisan, it saves money, it brings more transparency and accountability to a town that needs more of both and more than one-third of the senate is a cosponsor. this act is called the senate campaign disclosure parity act. right now candidates for the senate do not have to electronically file file their reports with the federal elections committee. they can follow airline -- voluntarily e-file and maybe you did, mr. president, but many of our colleagues do not. instead all a senate candidate has to do is take a stack of documents, drop them on the door of the secr

indians are having tremendous success with the federal marketplace. in fact, north carolina leads of the states in health and human services region four with more than 61 percent of individuals a completed application selecting a marketplace plan. nationwide that trend is very similar. by the end of december nearly 2 million had enrolled in several hundred thousand more have enrolled since then. tuesday's washington post cover story stated that dated shows a sevenfold upswing in enrollment in the federal exchanges from the first two months of the web site's performance improved. in so, i want to ask you, can you describe for me the trend and the number of adults 18-34 who have selected these marketplace plans? >> i think we reported an 18- 18-345, 24% of the enrollments and that that was very close to the percentage of that age group in the general population. so we were quite pleased by that the expect to see, you know, that number increasing. >> talk to me about some of the national campaigns which will help to begin to get you enrollment up higher than even 24 percent, perhaps 40 percent. >> i know that we are going to be doing a lot more paid media