"We can't think that this is about political advantage for one candidate or another."
"This is not about Trump. This is about security for our own country."
"I want to follow on to what Senator Kaine has been talking about, which is being believed."
"I appreciate that it may be that the challenge has just been that access to that care, whether for diagnosis, for any level of ongoing care, may have challenged it."
"I think building a better partnership with our indigenous tribes and other tribal communities to want to help and share and listen to their input as to what is needed for clinical trials and other thi..."
"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."
"We have to address that. So I would urge you to move on this clearinghouse, to make this process easier."
"I have been a big supporter of what HIDTA does. I think we have seen some results overall in Alaska."
"Drug traffickers are targeting our Native communities."
"Native people have the highest overdose death rates from synthetic opioids when you compare them to other racial and ethnic groups."
"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."