I want to thank you for that. I know that that is a tough decision, but especially as you are protecting the intellectual property, behavior, whatever it may be, or the confidence with those users as well.

I appear before you today in support of the bipartisan Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands Act, led by Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico and Congressman Juan Ciscomani of Arizona.

I certainly agree with their assessments.

I certainly hope that we can gather and have a much larger conversation about the Bureau of Indian Affairs being supportive of sovereign nations as opposed to punitive in many areas.

So let me ask the question differently, Councilman, will more treatment facilities closer to home make a difference?

Thank you so much for this important hearing and the leadership of the Committee.

Lack of prosecutions in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples space is an area where I've tried to hold DOJ accountable, and I'm frustrated that the same problem applies to drug dealers.

I hope that there can be time for us to have a conversation about cross-commissioning and MOUs.

We need to ensure that resources are allocated to support prevention and treatment.

However, a significant issue on the Fort Peck Reservation is that there are people who are dealing 50 pills or less, and the Department of Justice has no interest in prosecuting these people.

We think this can be addressed by supporting multi-agency drug task forces, which include ATF, DEA, FBI, the Tribal and State law enforcement agencies.

I think that it is something I fully support, and I have seen work, especially with lessons I have learned from leaders on the Navajo Nation.

We would support the federal recognition of the inherent sovereignty of tribes to prosecute non-Indians engaged in drug dealing on the Reservation.

I hope that there can be time for us to have a conversation about cross-commissioning and MOUs.

I want you to become personally familiar with this facility and its challenges. Will you commit to doing that?

I want you to become personally familiar with this facility and its challenges. Will you commit to doing that?

However, a significant issue on the Fort Peck Reservation is that there are people who are dealing 50 pills or less, and the Department of Justice has no interest in prosecuting these people.

Lack of prosecutions in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples space is an area where I've tried to hold DOJ accountable, and I'm frustrated that the same problem applies to drug dealers.