I move to proceed to Calendar No. 630, S.J. Res. 64. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to proceed. The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the joint resolution. The senior…

I just want to make a very short statement and then flesh it out a little further tomorrow. The resolution we are about to take up will help to protect our democracy, and it will hold special interests accountable. I do not believe we can…

Too much violence has gone unreported, and when that violence has been reported, it has gone unchallenged.

Yes, it seems like if there is one thing that DC is good at, it is creating uncertainty.

Something is not happening here, though.

Let me back up a little bit. Let's take the issue of Ashley Loring-Heavy Runner.

Every missing person is important.

Are we really putting the kind of resources we need, is the BIA putting the kind of resources, does the FBI have the kind of resources?

It is pretty clear to me that they are being devalued.

would we have a different reaction if this was non-Native? I am just telling you, it would be a different reaction.

I will just tell you that. I think we should, once again, bring in the respective law agencies...

But there has to be a reason for this. It isn't a data base.

We have to find a solution to this. We have to.

So where is the problem, so we know where to focus our efforts?

Thank you, Ranking Member Udall. I want to thank the panel for being here today. I know fully well that the people sitting at this panel right now are critically important if we are going to get this solved.

This is a crisis. It is a problem.

I want to talk for just a few minutes about Senator Heidi Heitkamp, but first I want to start by talking a little bit about why North Dakota is so important to me. My grandfather and grandmother lived in Argusville, in West Fargo, and…

This lack of communication to law enforcement and the family of the victims is tragic.