Paul Cook: “I swear to God we would have lost World War II.”

In April, the House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Act, which included many key provisions to protect Native American women.

Four out of five Native women are affected by violence, with the U.S. Department of Justice finding that American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average.

I encourage my colleagues that we do not shift away from the primary focus, which is the education of children.

It is important that we all work together to address these horrific crimes and find a way to end this unprecedented violence against Native women.