This is a really important hearing and I appreciate the witnesses being here today.

I strongly support this historic legislation, I urge my colleagues to do the same, and I yield back the balance of my time.

It is a matter of recruitment, but it is also a challenge getting folks hired in a timely manner.

But current law and practices make oversight and accountability nearly impossible.

In closing, I just want to say I support this legislation and encourage my colleagues to do the same. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

While these powers, of course, can be helpful in the face of true emergencies, they are also subject to potential abuse.

That builds exactly on my next question, reevaluating existing emergencies.

I know the BIA is, because I talk to BIA agents in Nevada. Their geographic territory is ridiculous, and there are very few of them.

We just need answers. We want to work together, but we need answers to some of these questions.

I can't say this, stress this enough, as somebody who worked in the U.S. Attorney's office, but also in the State of Nevada, worked as the Attorney General, working with our tribal communities, working with BIA, working with the FBI…

I need verification that one, every single U.S. Attorneys office across this Country has established those guidelines.

I am pleased to support this legislation, as I said, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

We cannot have a 40-year emergency.

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