I think we pretty much all agree that there is no magic bullet in dealing with this regime.

Are we being surgical enough to inflict the maximum pain on the regime versus inflicting the maximum pain on the people of North Korea?

I think that we have to be pretty realistic that this regime that we are dealing with is willing to do anything, put its people and the entire world at risk in order to achieve what they ultimately want to achieve, and that is a nuclear weapon that would come far enough to reach American citizens.

My hope is that this bill will make our sanctions policy more precise and a bit more effective.

During your previous tenure as Associate Deputy Director at DOI under the Bush administration, tribes felt like there was a de facto moratorium on land into trust acquisitions.

I personally have had to deal with adjacent jurisdictions trying to come in and dictate how my city should be run.

I hope that you will continue to be open and work with me and Chairman LaMalfa at ensuring that we continue to uphold the long-standing Federal policies supporting Indian self-determination.

To ease their concerns, will you and the Administration commit to moving forward on the land-into-trust decisions that are pending?

the current land-into-trust process is paramount to achieving those goals.

Despite the progress that the IRA accomplished, it still has returned less than 10 percent of the roughly 90 million acres that were taken from tribes.

Throughout our Nation's history, tribes have suffered abuse and ongoing indignity at the hands of the Federal Government.