We cannot continue to allow cartels to take advantage of the holes in our justice system and we cannot win this War on Drugs by ourselves.

I continue to hear from so many in my state, women in Alaska who are concerned about access to abortion.

We cannot continue to allow cartels to take advantage of the holes in our justice system and we cannot win this War on Drugs by ourselves.

I think the choice to have an abortion should ultimately be in the hands of the woman, of the individual, not the government.

I think the choice to have an abortion should ultimately be in the hands of the woman, of the individual, not the government.

I think the choice to have an abortion should ultimately be in the hands of the woman, of the individual, not the government.

I continue to hear from so many in my state, women in Alaska who are concerned about access to abortion.

I think that they should be protected.

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

This pilot project supplements the work that the State of Alaska is doing with regard to public safety.

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

This all takes time, this is work. But know that there are so many of us that are really committed to keeping that momentum going.

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

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

This pilot project supplements the work that the State of Alaska is doing with regard to public safety.

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…

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

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…

We are aware that DOJ recently transferred to DOI two discretionary grant programs as proposed by a tribe.

This all takes time, this is work. But know that there are so many of us that are really committed to keeping that momentum going.

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

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 are aware that DOJ recently transferred to DOI two discretionary grant programs as proposed by a tribe.

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