On average, how long does this review take BIA to review an application?

What we are trying to do is, again, reestablish these herds for economic development as a traditional food source and provide food security for Native communities.

Do you think that the way things are structured currently that we do have that flexibility, government programs by their very nature are not inherently built to be flexible?

I want to discuss quickly S. 2908, the Indian Buffalo Management Act, this has impacts on my State.

As I mentioned, these are expenses that are very real.

13 percent is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Congress has an absolute legal and moral duty to protect Us--and not at 13 percent.

We cannot continue to allow cartels to take advantage of the holes in our justice system and we cannot win this War on Drugs by ourselves.

13 percent is NOT ACCEPTABLE. Congress has an absolute legal and moral duty to protect Us--and not at 13 percent.

We cannot continue to allow cartels to take advantage of the holes in our justice system and we cannot win this War on Drugs by ourselves.

I continue to hear from so many in my state, women in Alaska who are concerned about access to abortion.

I think the choice to have an abortion should ultimately be in the hands of the woman, of the individual, not the government.

I continue to hear from so many in my state, women in Alaska who are concerned about access to abortion.

I think the choice to have an abortion should ultimately be in the hands of the woman, of the individual, not the government.

I ask you if what I described about my reservation--the amount of police calls; the amount of crime--is this a safe community for any American.

I think that they should be protected.

I respectfully ask you to please raise that base budget from 15% currently funded to at least 50% of the $3.2 billion needed.

we need Congress to fully fund tribal law enforcement programs.

I think the choice to have an abortion should ultimately be in the hands of the woman, of the individual, not the government.