ncai is continually working with the budget writers. i want to thank brandon stevens from wisconsin. to bringhe initiative us tribal leaders together from washington and wisconsin to meet with senator patty murray and representative paul ryan, yes. i do not want to mess with that one. [laughter] but because, as you know, the two key budget writers this last , paul ryan said to the oneida nation in wisconsin that the tribes should never have been a part of the sequester. that is part of representative tom cole being able to reach out to representative ryan to let him know how this was a big so indian country, sitting down with people from both sides of the aisle. i tell people that it is not our friends that we have to spend most of our time with, it is those perceived enemies that do not agree with our position, that we have to continually reach out and educate. after a while, friendship is created. .e might not always agree i might think they have their heads screwed on with their backwards, but at the end of the day we can communicate