They are targeting these small, remote, rural, vulnerable communities. It is the worst predation there can possibly be.

It is just really disturbing to know that among American Indians and Alaska Native populations we see the highest drug overdose rates in the Country for both 2020 and 2021 in terms of population.

Senators Hoeven and Cortez Masto introduced S. 465, the 'Bridging Agency Data Gaps & Ensuring Safety (BADGES) for Native Communities Act.'

we know that Native Americans, Alaska Natives as a population demographically are dying in the past two years of drug overdoses more than any other populations out there.

we have a challenge that is so big and so enormous, it is going to take exactly what you all are doing in Lummi Nation.

To assume that we are so is naive and ill-informed, ill-placed.

It speaks to the lack of resources for education, for treatment, for preventive services and public safety in Alaska Native communities.

Legislative solutions are needed to address the targeting that Tribes are experiencing.

we will not be able to get the support that we need for Israel, for Ukraine, for the Indo-Pacific, for the disasters, unless there is true, meaningful border security as part of this supplemental.

we have to be doing more when it comes to treatment.

I strongly support improving and keeping tele-health opportunities as available as possible.

I think today's conversation is equally important, and that is a focus on our borders here within the United States and a recognition that when there is unrest and war abroad, we are never safe on our own territory.

we talked about fentanyl. There is a significant increase, significant provision in the supplement to combat fentanyl.

I heard you say multiple times here this morning that comprehensive reform is needed. I think we would all agree that comprehensive reform is needed.

During the COVID pandemic, opioid overdose mortality rate among Alaska Native people doubled.

Senators Cantwell and Mullin introduced S. 2695, the 'Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act.'

I am so sorry that this is what the Lummi Nation has had to deal with.

Tribal leaders and federal partners must work together to protect our Tribal communities with effective and well-funded policy solutions to address the opioid crisis.

I want to thank her for sounding the alarm and asking for today's hearing.

we just heard from the Senator of North Dakota talking about the imperative of ensuring that our borders are secure, particularly at the southern border. We had an opportunity yesterday in the Senate Appropriations Committee to hear from…

We are not talking about North Korea today, but we should always be thinking about North Korea's intentions.

This is not only about the United States and our national security, it is about food security.

This is not only about the United States and our national security, it is about food security.

I think this is probably the most important and most significant hearing that we have had here in the Congress this year.

If we do not have the full budget it is not--we are not able to execute the strategy to the degree that we planned it.