Jon Tester

Paul, thank you for your testimony; thank you for your work, and I know it's a difficult conundrum, but I think working together we could find some solutions.

The problem is there in North Dakota as well as Montana and it is a serious problem.

Are those jurisdictional boundaries an impediment from your perspective?

So without giving away any trade secrets here, is it flowing from the Mexican border up here or is it flowing to Canada, Mexico to Canada and back through, how's it getting here?

I think basically you agree there's a jail shortage, but there's also mental health services and family services and other services that we are short on.

The beauty of the Project Safe Bakken approach is, Senator Tester, it is not Montana specific, it is not North Dakota, it is regional.

I want to thank you and I want to thank you all for your testimony.

I want to apologize that we don't have a Highway Bill done, a 5-year Highway Bill that is paid for and funded.

Housing is a plumb, if you get this project done, to be able to get them in with rental prices that I assume since this is a joint venture the rental prices will probably be lower than what they are.

Amen to that, Attorney General. I appreciate you bringing those points up.

I think the key is cooperation between the U.S. Government and our law enforcement officials.

Are the Tribes a part of that, too?

The direction's not coming from Washington, D.C., Kansas City, or Denver in terms of how to operate.

It is something that we need to be working with the BIA and beyond.

The Governor launched a very robust conversation about expanding mental health opportunities.

Can Sidney grow at this point in time with the sewer that you have?

I appreciate that, Lieutenant Governor.

Angela, I want to come back to this $45 million bucks, this infrastructure package, because there's other questions that keep coming up.

Infrastructure's got to be the Number 1 concern.

If we can cutoff demand it really helps the situation.

Will local stakeholders have an opportunity for input?

We need to take care of our people.

I hear you and you are correct.

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Thank you for your recent response to the National Northern Border Counternarcotics Strategy Report, which confirmed the lack of resources in Indian Country.