I want to follow up on an additional point beyond what Senator Hoeven talked about.

I say thank you to my colleagues from North Dakota and South Dakota. Mr. President, this is not a new issue. This is an issue--even back in the 1990s--I dealt with as the State's attorney general. Why do I mention that? I mention it…

Mr. President, my colleagues from North and South Dakota and I come from practical States. We come from States where we try to anticipate problems and we solve problems before they turn into big, expensive pieces of litigation, and that is…

I want to talk about law enforcement training because we know how critical that is.

For eight years, I got the same response which was, we share your concern.

it is so critical given how hard fought this provision was and how incredibly necessary this provision was that we come out of this with a good, solid, couple first good steps and that we prove this up.

I hope when we introduce you to North Dakota, we will be able to talk a little bit about working with county sheriffs, local law enforcement and highway patrol to expand the ability to do additional law enforcement.

It is absolutely essential that we get this right, because you are the future.

This truly is a panel who believes in what you are doing, believes that you are our future.

I want to congratulate all of you, everyone on the panel, for your tremendous testimony and for your efforts on behalf of the American people and on behalf of small business.

Madam President, I thank Senator Enzi, Senator Durbin, and Senator Alexander for their leadership on the Marketplace Fairness Act and am proud to join them to address an issue I have been working on for just over 20 years now. Tribes that…