John Hoeven

We support the STOP Act's increased penalties for violations of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)...

Congress declare[d] that it is the policy of this nation, in fulfillment of its special trust responsibilities and legal obligations to Indians to ensure the highest possible health status for Indians and urban Indians and to provide all…

I hope you will work to pass the STOP Act out of this Committee and work with me to pass it in the full Senate...

Listening to what these incredible young people had to say reinforced the urgency with which we must act...

I am proud that the STOP Act has the support of the National Congress of American Indians...

Indian patients have suffered from inefficiency and mismanagement at various levels of the IHS for too long.

We need to ensure that our policies reflect the needs of our tribal communities.

We believe the STOP Act of 2017 will help end illegal trafficking in Native American tangible cultural heritage.

We support the STOP Act's increased penalties for violations of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)...

We urge the prompt passage of the STOP Act and thank the Committee for its attention to this important matter.

Additionally, Chairman Hoeven recently introduced a bill (S. 2012) with Senators Murkowski and Heitkamp that would provide priority status for NMTC allocations for tribal enterprises and reservation investments.

Chairman Hoeven recently introduced a bill (S. 2012) with Senators Murkowski and Heitkamp that would make permanent the Indian Employment Tax Credit.

As Congress considers the most significant tax reform since 1986, we have a shared responsibility to ensure federal tax policy provides tribal governments the same opportunities as other governments.

We know we are under funding treaty responsibilities with appropriations.

We are going to look very closely at any kind of tax rewrite to try and see if we are going to fix these problems we know exist.

Tribal governments should not take a back seat to State governments.

The illicit trade in Native American tangible cultural heritage poses a threat to Native American cultural survival.

It is time that the issue of missing and murdered Native American women get the awareness it deserves.

S. 1870, the Securing Urgent Resources Vital to Indian Victim Empowerment Act 2017 responds to the UTND resolution #17-09-08-01.

I support the requirement for the Department of Justice and Department of Interior to coordinate efforts.

I fully support this bill and the 5 percent set aside for funding.

The SURVIVE Act will help fix that.

This bill would reauthorize key tribal public safety programs and provide other key improvements for justice in Indian Country, particularly for Indian youth.

We extend great appreciation to Senator Hoeven for his leadership in introducing the reauthorization of the TLOA.

I applaud Senator Heitkamp's efforts to move beyond awareness and combat this vicious problem.