when suffering from homelessness especially when you're a member of an oppressed people but as thomas anderson told me it's not about us and them the wall of forgotten natives is all of us i think that. the police brutality. obviously the lack of understanding of when people need help and healing they look at people as less when it comes to you know nonviolent drug offenses that are policies and statutes that are not law. people are just dismissed they use the word crazy the use the word mentally ill they use the words of labeling to where they can dismiss things that are all that's their problem that's not you know our problem it's not our children that's their children when there were no like us at all for those directions all directions all nations all conscious of the beings all you know it's the home with us that means we're all related we're all relatives. currently in the tent city known as the wall of forgotten natives in minneapolis minnesota holds over two hundred homeless members of the american indian community and according to a little coverage it is gone you would think the drivi

anderson. it's, as it always is, my enormous pleasure to introduce my colleague, heather macdonald. heather is the thomas w. smith fellow at the manhattan institute, a contributing editor of city journal and a 2005 recipient of the prestigious bradley prize. from the moment she started writing for the magazine back in the early '90s, she's been a seismic intellectual force whether writing about philanthropy or crime and punishment or welfare reform or one of her passions, opera. it's always exciting when one of her stories lands. i invariably learn a lot, and that's in part because heather is a great and truly fearless reporter. if there were any justice in the world, notes new york times columnist david brooks, macdonald would be knee deep in pulitzer prizes and national magazine awards for her pioneering work. and if you know heather, she'll walk into a jail or police station or community meeting or university bureaucrat's office and simply start asking questions. her writings always rich with detail and full of human voices. and it uncovers realities that vested interests and politically correct world

thomas, and andrew velocity. and in my office, jackie catrell, amber kirchoffer, morgan anderson, stacy daniels, and ray price. those are folks in my personal office. i especially want to thank the distinguished ranking member, senator stabenow, and her team led by joe schulze and jacqueline snyder. she has been a great partner throughout the senate and conference committee process. there are some tough days, but we both work together to get the job done. and i am also grateful to chairman mike conoway and ranking mum colin peterson as well as their staff members on the house agriculture committee. the efforts of jessie williams, amanda kelly, bobby metta, katie salay and michael worthham have been invaluable to the senate ag committee and the conference process. additionally, i want to thank the technical support from secretary perdue, the secretary of agriculture has been simply outstanding as well as his staff down at the u.s. department of agriculture, a great partner. he has been a valuable partner throughout this process. we're grateful for his support, and the president's support of our nation's farmers