05/08/2025
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"Thank you, Ranking Member Cook, and I look forward to working with you in this Congress to move this along and bring some justice to our Indian Country."
"Additionally, an independent report found at least 5,712 cases of missing or murdered indigenous women that were reported just in 2016."
"A lack of comprehensive data to quantify the number of missing and murdered women in Indian Country is just one factor contributing to this crisis."
"Today, we will be confronting a deeply troubling and disturbing situation affecting Indian Country nationwide: the hidden crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women."