I think it has to be a comprehensive approach, or we will never get to the hard part.

Sometimes the tribes are under the impression than unless a project is ready to go, it is hard to apply for anything.

we ought to try to more aggressively address that because if that impedes development, full development of the energy potential, it means we are losing jobs, losing revenue opportunities in areas of the Country that most desperately need…

We need to move these ideas forward and to enact them now.

I call it 'historical trauma.' They have been accustomed to dealing with any funding, and the red tape that we had to deal with in going forward.

a substantial portion of energy is available to be produced on Indian lands, and that is where we most need economic development and the creation of new jobs and new income streams.

I believe part of the issues stem from an understanding of what the entire process is for applying for any grant or any program or any funding.

our Country needs additional energy. We need additional production here of all kinds of energy to make us less dependent on foreign oil and to make us more energy secure.

your job is to provide law enforcement and you are supporting them by them breaking the law

Native Americans are victims of violent crime at rates more than double those of any other community in the United States.

my idea would be not the Department of Interior and the BIA within that Department, that there would be a Department of Indian Affairs completely