I'm committed to doing all I can to work with my colleagues and Senator Heitkamp to address this very serious concern.
Native American children experience abuse and neglect at higher rates than non-native children.
The purpose of the hearing is to discuss how Federal agencies can coordinate to provide services to Native American children who suffer from...
Money must be allocated for tribal comprehensive trauma initiatives.
That's a huge resource for North Dakota.
We can change it if we take this great science that's being done, great talents that are being developed in trauma informed and trauma based...
I have been preaching to the rest of the world about the great success that you had addressing trauma.
I would also like to thank you for drafting and advocating for S. 246, 'The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Chil...
I urge Congress to appropriate funds to create an institute that would provide on-going assistance to tribes.
I don't think that I would be nearly as informed without your assistance, without your persistence.
Currently the VA is working to implement a pilot project in our State to bring the scheduling aspect back to the VA.
I think one of the issues that we have is that--probably an unfair kind of analogy, but let's say you have five sisters and you all have pho...
There is an attempt to analyze and to know the rulemaking process so that everybody is playing from a level playing field.
I think one of the concerns are the nitpicking versus truly significant breaches of process.
And so I think there is some advantage that we could have to standardizing some kind of guidance principles.
There should be one place where you can go where you can sort it.
It's crucial that we protect the rights and sovereignty of Native American tribes.
It is critical that we acknowledge this trauma and the role that we all played in it with these outdates policies.
