Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Vice Chairman Tester for holding what I think is an absolutely critically important hearing today.

We need to focus on the needs of victims and ensure they receive the help they require.

this is absolutely, as Senator Heitkamp said, an absolutely critically important conversation to be having.

I will tell you that through my work with Lisa, I can only say I thought my problems with remoteness were serious.

We want them fixed, and we want victim services to be made available to all the victims of North Dakota, so that no one gets left behind.

We have to actually know who we are dealing with.

In what world aren't we horrified?

I don't know how you can listen to what you have told us today and not give this government an F in protecting the children in Indian Country.

I can only tell you as an attorney general in the 1990s, these numbers shouldn't shock me.

I am horrified. Who could sit in this room and not be horrified.

before I begin what has turned into my weekly discussion about the sacrifices of 198 North Dakotans who lost their lives in Vietnam, I wish to briefly mention and associate myself with the remarks of my great friend and tremendous…

before I begin to talk about the 198 North Dakotans who died while serving our country in Vietnam, I want to first mention and publicly thank a great Vietnam veteran, Jim Schothorst of Grand Forks. He is a Vietnam veteran. He enlisted in…