Lisa Murkowski

Native people have the highest overdose death rates from synthetic opioids when you compare them to other racial and ethnic groups.

We have to address that. So I would urge you to move on this clearinghouse, to make this process easier.

It is killing us in a way that is just--it is beyond comprehension, really.

It has been hard to access the Federal resources. It is a cumbersome process, apparently.

Should there be, given the statistics, given what we know, given the impact on Indian Country and Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians?

In total, all HIDTAs have seized an estimated $22 billion just in 2022 alone, allowing the return of $82 for every $1 spent on their budgets.

I have been a big supporter of what HIDTA does. I think we have seen some results overall in Alaska.

You mentioned in your written testimony that the HIDTA Tribal Task Force across the Country has been able to seize $414 million in illicit drugs, cash and other assets from traffickers.

Native people have the highest overdose death rates from synthetic opioids when you compare them to other racial and ethnic groups.

Drug traffickers are targeting our Native communities.

The United States must live up to its trust and treaty responsibilities to promote the health and well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

You mentioned in your written testimony that the HIDTA Tribal Task Force across the Country has been able to seize $414 million in illicit drugs, cash and other assets from traffickers.

I have been a big supporter of what HIDTA does. I think we have seen some results overall in Alaska.

Native people have the highest overdose death rates from synthetic opioids when you compare them to other racial and ethnic groups.

Drug traffickers are targeting our Native communities.

The United States must live up to its trust and treaty responsibilities to promote the health and well-being of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.

We have to address that. So I would urge you to move on this clearinghouse, to make this process easier.

Should there be, given the statistics, given what we know, given the impact on Indian Country and Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians?

In total, all HIDTAs have seized an estimated $22 billion just in 2022 alone, allowing the return of $82 for every $1 spent on their budgets.

I believe that in the future, whoever controls Alaska controls the world. I think it is the most strategic place in the world.

With that, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess until 2 p.m. There being no objection, the Senate, at 1:06 p.m. recessed until 2 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Ms. Rosen)…

What good is the federal trust responsibility if the results in the loss of our fish, our communities, our culture, our lives?

The Federal Government must act.

Congress needs to amend ANILCA to protect, once and for all, Alaska Native and Rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights.

Salmon are not just swimming dollar signs, Salmon are our life. They are in our DNA.