It is heartbreaking to see those same tools not being particularly effective in Indian Country.

I am standing with my good friend from the great State of West Virginia, certainly a tremendous legislator and former Governor and someone who knows how to get things done, Senator Shaheen. I know what is happening. I think I have learned…

I think it is important to point out that where you look at casinos in Las Vegas, they are regulated by the State, maybe a little bit of control by Las Vegas.

the casino itself has become a cultural center, a place of kind of understanding culture.

Indian gaming is a vital part of many tribal economies.

I ask unanimous consent that Anne Marie Lewis, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session in the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

As Senator Heitkamp noted, many tribal governments use our gaming operations as both a gathering place for the community and a place to teach visitors about our history and culture.

I know how passionately, from our tribal governments and obviously, I think every one of the tribes in North Dakota is in the top 40.

That adds for administrative delays and red tape that we have been bogged down with.

I think it is important that we don't simply hit a hurdle of an absentee landowner and then back away from that process.

It is complicated, because a lot of what we need to do in order to reduce flaring, what we need to do in order to move product depends on having access to the surface.

We have set a policy in this body and going forward of tribal self-determination.