Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (114th Congress)
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Chellie Pingree (ME)
Derek Kilmer (WA)
Marcy Kaptur (OH)
Jurisdiction
Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project)
Environmental Protection Agency
Other Agencies
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS)
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Commission of Fine Arts
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
Forest Service (USDA)
Indian Health Service
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
National Capital Planning Commission
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (Except Institute of Museum and Library Services)
National Gallery of Art
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS, formerly EPA/Superfund)
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Presidio Trust
Smithsonian Institution
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Eisenhower Memorial Commission
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
This morning, the Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee convened a hearing on the President's budget request for Indian Health Service for FY2016. The budget would spend $6.3 billion on the Indian Health Service. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) attended, in her first hearing as the ranking Democratic member, and released the following statement.
"I am encouraged by President Obama's ambitious proposal for addressing the health care needs in Indian Country. This request aligns with our subcommittee's ongoing efforts to provide long-overdue funding increases for IHS. The request addresses both the rising cost of current medical services and makes targeted investments in the areas of greatest need. Additional funding for mental health care and substance abuse prevention and treatment is necessary as each of these diseases disproportionally affects Indian Country.