Alaska's own Representative Don Young voted in favor of H.R. 1620's expanded jurisdictional definition.

It was good to see the BIA disbursing about $30 million to tribes in P.L. 280 States.

Some members of Congress and the news media pushed a narrative that tribal governments somehow would not be fair...

I am absolutely confident, absolutely confident, that Alaska tribes are up to this task.

We know that crime is best addressed by the government closest to the crime, and in an Alaska Native Village that is the tribal government.

Indeed, it is a genuine thank you. I want to thank you and your team for the very cooperative work...

But I want to emphasize that the impacts on the ground in Native communities, particularly in places like very rural Alaska, they are very real, they are very tragic.

I look forward to working with all of my colleagues as we work to advance this restoration of justice through VAWA.

And we have in fact in place the Federal protections that are already afforded in law. It is not as if there is no due process that is at play here.

The solutions to the current public safety crisis is to be found in partnerships with state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Thank you again for your ongoing leadership, not only over the years but over the decades as you are working to protect vulnerable Native women throughout the State of Alaska.

We want the tools to combat this problem.

Jurisdictional complexity should not deny safety or justice. That is what we have seen happening.

Our reasons for keeping them out of it are rooted in fear, distrust, and assumptions about their capacity to soundly administer the law that all ought to be long since in our past.

it is Thursday, and it is usually the day I get to come down to the Senate floor. Usually, the Senate is kind of wrapping up things; we are still pretty busy right now. But it is the day I love to come down to the Senate floor and talk…

A lot of it is self-inflicted wounds by the Administration.

Not a lot of people know about it, starting with Admiral Rickover. Just really remarkable.

And safety. Just safety in general on these microreactors. What is your assessment?