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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

We have got to get the high walls down, and I don't know if I will be around when it finishes, but I am going to be around while it starts because we are going to get that done.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

Congress needs to do something about that, but I think it is going to come down in large part to the funding and the relationship with the FBI.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

I don't know how you do any law enforcement on reservations with the different laws that exist.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

This massive underfunding of law enforcement is leading to dangerous conditions on the Fort Hall Reservation and throughout Indian Country.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

I have always found it strange that you can only incarcerate for a year at the most.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

It is a travesty what is happening with law enforcement and the need out on the reservations.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

I appreciate you bringing that up, and it is certainly something we will look at.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

One of the best ways to treat diabetes is getting back to traditional foods, and that is one of the most effective means that we have got on treating diabetes that is higher among Indians than it is any other subpopulation of the country.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

This is a serious public safety problem for our tribal members.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

I look forward to working with Ranking Member Pingree to continue to strengthen this committee's longstanding efforts.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

I want to thank the honorable Mike Simpson, who is our representative, for his continued efforts on behalf of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and of Indian Country to uphold the treaty and trust responsibility.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

Unfortunately, that report language did not make it in the final bill.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

Just like in the 1800s when they slaughtered all these buffalo, that was how we were going to control the tribes, by controlling their food supply or eliminating their food supply.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

Somehow, we have got to get an allocation where we can both take care of Indian Health Services and we can do those other things that are necessary.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

Interesting testimony, something that we will certainly look into consideration of when we are trying to put together a budget.

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Mike Simpson
@mikesimpson· Republican · ID· May 6, 2024

Our prayers and thoughts go out to all your members and hope that they are safe in this environment that seems to happen all the time.

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Rudy Yakym
@rudyyakym· Republican · ID· May 1, 2024

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution, which denounces the Biden administration's failed border policies, and I do so because of this chart next to me. I have sat here and listened to…

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Max Miller
@maxmiller· Republican · ID· Apr 30, 2024

Even the left-wing New York Times has been forced to report on the child trafficking crisis at our southern border, which has been caused by Joe Biden.

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