In tribal crime, it is alcohol, alcohol, alcohol.
I hope you will look at that authority more closely and assure that tribes can and will be able to carry out those functions.
Thank you, Senator Dorgan, and I will respect the people here.
There needs to be minimum standards.
I notified Senator Dorgan's staff and they got on it right away.
I would hope that the Congress would look very clearly at why Artesia is in fact the lock-gate for those who enter into law enforcement on o...
It is clear to me that the Federal Government has responsibilities. It is clear to me the Federal Government is not meeting those responsibi...
The Tribal Law and Order Act is a critical step forward in addressing the needs of Indian Country.
We can do a lot better than that, and I think we can do a lot better than that.
When the Supreme Court took away the tribes' jurisdiction over non-Indians in 1978 in Oliphant, Justice Rehnquist essentially said, 'Don't w...
I strongly endorse this bill. I hope that this Committee will act.
Indian Country is suffering, we believe, an epidemic of sexual and domestic violence against women.
I see the role of the Federal Government as being one that knocks down barriers or tries to create opportunities...
I don't understand what the metrics are by which one makes that decision.
There was zero money requested, inexplicably, for water projects in the economic recovery package.
I'm trying to understand on both the economic recovery plan and also this budget what role OMB played in the delays.
We're not trying to ruin your breakfast here.
I'd much sooner appropriate funding to finish a project that is worthy rather than pay penalties to end the project.
