I can assure you that we will do our very best.

I have participated in many hearings, and this is one of the most depressing, obviously.

If you had to select one facility or one tribe as having a good arrangement, can you pick one so we can have a model prison?

All I can say is, once again this has been the most depressing hearing I have participated in.

I just have one question, Mr. Chairman. I note that up until fiscal year 2003, the Department of Justice was expending about $34 million a year for facilities, and suddenly the following year it dropped to $5 million and now it is $2…

Juveniles must not be held in the same holding cells as adults.

That is simply unacceptable.

This situation is inexcusable and should not be happening.

There are numerous problems in Indian country today that require immediate attention.

This is one report that I hope will not be one of those gathering dust reports, but will be truly an impetus to very major action on the part of this committee and this Congress.

If the conditions of our off-reservation facilities were found in the same conditions as many of our reservation facilities, there would be widespread public outrage.

I think it is clear to most that no matter how efficient the District is, no matter how competent the leadership of the city is--and I think we have very competent leadership--that there is still a difference between the capacity of the…

There is still a structural imbalance.

Part of it, Mr. Chairman, is driven by the fact that the city is here, living, co-existing in a way with the Federal Government.

I am looking forward, Mr. Chairman, to working with you to explore the options that are before us for the benefits of the residents.

I doubt it, the, given the high visibility that he has, but I believe that he will get the reward that he deserves for his brutal torture and mistreatment of the Iraqi people.

I do want to say to Mayor Williams and to our Council, that the progress the District has made is indisputable.

this city is the number one target for terrorists