Jon Tester

They should get all their rights, including when the tribal governments abuse their rights.

I want to echo Senator Murkowski and say thank you, all of you, for your testimony.

I appreciate that, I do, Tim. I don't mean to be a terrible human being. But an issue around declination in Indian Country, until it matches up to the declination rate outside of Indian Country, we should not be happy.

Let's talk about prevention.

We just have to be creative.

What I have done is get my AUSAs on the reservation with their ears open.

We need to listen to the voices of those in Indian Country.

Is there more Congress can do on this issue?

I wish to very quickly thank the Senator from California for her remarks before I get into my prepared remarks. We have just come through the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unemployment is still at 7 percent. We…

I rise to speak on the importance of passing this farm bill that is in front of us, but I not only speak as a Senator, I also speak as a farmer, someone who is involved in production agriculture. When I am not wearing a suit and casting…

That does not sound particularly good to me.

If the retailers are concerned about it, what are they doing to help stop the breach now?

They need to be hung out to dry.

That is interesting. I want to talk about the cost with the chip and PIN.

Does Target reimburse you then?

I have got a bank that employs some of my constituents in Montana that had 7 percent of their debit cards... impacted by the recent breach.

There needs to be breach notification across the board so you can get to the bottom of it

Pennies on the dollar again?

Who is going to pay the bill? Is it going to be Target, or is it going to be the banks?

So there are no breach requirements across the board, whether it is to the card holder or between the retailer and the banks?

I think it is a testimonial to the success and the management of it.

I really think we can get more bang for the buck contracting that out to the local level.

I believe that, if federal agencies were more open to partnering with Indian tribes, the Tribal Self-Governance Act could be a great tool for augmenting federal resources for land management.

I think it provides a model of how Indian Country can really work with State and local governments.

Self-governance is a positive thing, and it is undeniable that Indian Country has had some difficulty.