Just put them in the mix.
I think it is more than perception. It is reality.
We need to address it and we need to address it in a way that makes sense for Indian Country.
I want to thank Chairman Dorgan for his leadership in this in putting forth this bill that I think is a good step in the right direction.
The issue of law enforcement being on the top of the Department of the Interior's, Secretary Salazar's and President Obama's, right at the t...
So if the crimes go unpunished, how can we ever get a handle on this?
If you are driving back and you said, if we did this, it is going to decrease the crime rate, do it.
It is just not acceptable to have different treatment. It is just not.
If there is another round, I will wait. If not, I can keep going.
What are you doing with those VISNs, just for an example, to get them fired up, get them off their duff and get them going in the right dire...
I worry about the internal aspects of peer review, the people who are reporting on their colleagues and that they may not want to do that.
I think you can look at peer review as a punitive mechanism. I think we try to approach it from a viewpoint that is a learning mechanism.
If the results come back that the private sector is worse than the VA, do not even look at that. That is too low of a bar.
What are they looking for?
I know hindsight is 20-20, but if you look at that timeline it is totally ridiculous that it came to this point.
I am very proud of the VA. I think they do a great job. I am not proud of them on this one, and I think that it needs to be fixed.
I want to know what steps have been taken so it doesn't happen again.
So your standard is zero tolerance?
