I continue to hear from so many in my state, women in Alaska who are concerned about access to abortion.
I think the choice to have an abortion should ultimately be in the hands of the woman, of the individual, not the government.
We cannot continue to allow cartels to take advantage of the holes in our justice system and we cannot win this War on Drugs by ourselves.
13 percent is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Congress has an absolute legal and moral duty to protect Us--and not at 13 percent.
I absolutely agree.
I think that they should be protected.
I respectfully ask you to please raise that base budget from 15% currently funded to at least 50% of the $3.2 billion needed.
I ask you if what I described about my reservation--the amount of police calls; the amount of crime--is this a safe community for any Americ...
we need Congress to fully fund tribal law enforcement programs.
I expect more Alaska tribes to take advantage of DOJ support this year.
We saw that through passage of VAWA 2022, which included the tribal title that we authored.
We are aware that DOJ recently transferred to DOI two discretionary grant programs as proposed by a tribe.
