It's critical that we listen to the voices of Native communities in this fight.
I want to thank her for sounding the alarm and asking for today's hearing.
It is just really disturbing to know that among American Indians and Alaska Native populations we see the highest drug overdose rates in the...
It speaks to the lack of resources for education, for treatment, for preventive services and public safety in Alaska Native communities.
I think it is really an issue of fairness and it looks like all the panelists would agree with that approach.
the Federal funding and programs should be focused on the communities that don't have anything?
we need to get the Federal dollars to the places that don't have anything first.
What about communities with no water and sewer, none? No flush toilets, American citizens.
the leaders from the North Slope Borough are in town right now, the elected leaders, tribal leaders, Alaska Native Corporation leaders. They...
I think that is pretty obvious.
we talked about fentanyl. There is a significant increase, significant provision in the supplement to combat fentanyl.
correspondence issues
it should not take a Member of Congress to set up a meeting;
I appreciate your holding this hearing. I think it is a topic that is all too often overlooked.
We are not talking about North Korea today, but we should always be thinking about North Korea's intentions.
In the United States we lead through the power of our example, but we also need the example of our power.
I think this is probably the most important and most significant hearing that we have had here in the Congress this year.