U.S. senators seethe at Indian Health Services

Michael Weahkee, a Public Health Service offers, is the acting head of the Indian Health Services. He was on the hot seat at a Senate hearing Wednesday. (Screen grab from hearing video on Senate.gov)
President Donald Trump proposes to cut the Indian Health Service budget by $300 million, and the head of the IHS had trouble defending that 6 percent cut at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who chaired the hearing, said the IHS already is failing Native communities in the Lower