So let me ask the question differently, Councilman, will more treatment facilities closer to home make a difference?

I certainly hope that we can gather and have a much larger conversation about the Bureau of Indian Affairs being supportive of sovereign nations as opposed to punitive in many areas.

I want you to become personally familiar with this facility and its challenges. Will you commit to doing that?

Lack of prosecutions in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples space is an area where I've tried to hold DOJ accountable, and I'm frustrated that the same problem applies to drug dealers.

Thank you so much for this important hearing and the leadership of the Committee.

I certainly agree with their assessments.

So let me ask the question differently, Councilman, will more treatment facilities closer to home make a difference?

I think that it is something I fully support, and I have seen work, especially with lessons I have learned from leaders on the Navajo Nation.

I certainly hope that we can gather and have a much larger conversation about the Bureau of Indian Affairs being supportive of sovereign nations as opposed to punitive in many areas.

I think that it is something I fully support, and I have seen work, especially with lessons I have learned from leaders on the Navajo Nation.

I want you to become personally familiar with this facility and its challenges. Will you commit to doing that?

We think this can be addressed by supporting multi-agency drug task forces, which include ATF, DEA, FBI, the Tribal and State law enforcement agencies.

However, a significant issue on the Fort Peck Reservation is that there are people who are dealing 50 pills or less, and the Department of Justice has no interest in prosecuting these people.

We need to ensure that resources are allocated to support prevention and treatment.

Thank you so much for this important hearing and the leadership of the Committee.

I hope that there can be time for us to have a conversation about cross-commissioning and MOUs.

We would support the federal recognition of the inherent sovereignty of tribes to prosecute non-Indians engaged in drug dealing on the Reservation.

I certainly agree with their assessments.