we have to be doing more when it comes to treatment.

we talked about fentanyl. There is a significant increase, significant provision in the supplement to combat fentanyl.

we know that Native Americans, Alaska Natives as a population demographically are dying in the past two years of drug overdoses more than any other populations out there.

It is just really disturbing to know that among American Indians and Alaska Native populations we see the highest drug overdose rates in the Country for both 2020 and 2021 in terms of population.

The impact of fentanyl on our communities is devastating and requires a comprehensive response.

Senators Hoeven and Cortez Masto introduced S. 465, the 'Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act.'

we have a challenge that is so big and so enormous.

During the COVID pandemic, opioid overdose mortality rate among Alaska Native people doubled.

They are targeting these small, remote, rural, vulnerable communities. It is the worst predation there can possibly be.

The time is now for the Committee to reengage.

It speaks to the lack of resources for education, for treatment, for preventive services and public safety in Alaska Native communities.

we will not be able to get the support that we need for Israel, for Ukraine, for the Indo-Pacific, for the disasters, unless there is true, meaningful border security as part of this supplemental.

I heard you say multiple times here this morning that comprehensive reform is needed. I think we would all agree that comprehensive reform is needed.

To assume that we are so is naive and ill-informed, ill-placed.

I think today's conversation is equally important, and that is a focus on our borders here within the United States and a recognition that when there is unrest and war abroad, we are never safe on our own territory.

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