"The reason this is a unique hearing on the Bureau of Indian Education is that I want to know about emergency response."
"We know, and no one should deny, that we have an incredible job to do in improving the quality of Indian education in these schools."
"Senator Heitkamp, you asked the question, what are we doing?"
"I don't think anyone else shares the same concerns for children that I do."
"We spent more time than we should have trying to figure who had jurisdiction over that school."
"The other part of the question is will you make a commitment to us that for each one of the schools for which we have obligations, we are going to get an answer on who has jurisdiction."
"I do not want to be in that situation where I get a call and we find there is an active shooter and confusion about who has jurisdiction and who will have primary response."
"One is resourcing schools so that we are dealing with behavioral and mental health issues."
"If people are not protected, it is awfully hard to learn."
"I am concerned and aware of some challenges we have with the border sheriffs."
"We need to do better recruiting from the local people who live there, who have lived that lifestyle."