I am trying to make sure that as you are taking these initial steps, again, there is a sharing of information back and forth.

We can't have DOJ over here not talking and intersecting with what Interior and HHS is.

We are trying to build some efficiencies, but that efficiency is going to come when we leverage the resources of everybody.

The efficiencies that are created, we have seen them in play.

We saw that through passage of VAWA 2022, which included the tribal title that we authored.

Thanks to VAWA 2022, tribes can prosecute more crimes of domestic violence as well as sexual violence, stalking, sex trafficking, and more.

If you are in that position, we would like to see the direction and some proposal before we go on the August break.

One of the things that we know is that programs that may work in one department are models that we should be looking to.

This Committee has been a great forum to both shed light on the need to improve public safety and justice in Native communities.

Sometimes it is easier to have somebody be that assistance in some community somewhere else in America where they have no idea they are speaking to people who have no way out of a village, there is no road, the weather is down, and no…

I think Attorney General Garland seemed to agree with me, and I think that is why he directed the Office of Tribal Justice and the DOJ grant-making offices to figure out, let's figure out what all the options are here, including…

I am honored to have worked with Native leaders in Alaska and across the Nation over multiple Congresses on these issues of public safety.

We need the commitment of our Federal partners, and in this area, I think we are making some progress.

I grew up in a part of the state where if you needed to go to the dentist, you got in an airplane or you got on a ferry.

The dental health aid therapist program, the DHAT program, is something that we put in place in Alaska.

The dental health aid therapist program, the DHAT program, is something that we put in place in Alaska.

One of the things that we see is a great disparity. I'm talking about rural, but so many of our rural communities are predominantly Alaska native.

One of the things that we see is a great disparity. I'm talking about rural, but so many of our rural communities are predominantly Alaska native.