I hope that there can be time for us to have a conversation about cross-commissioning and MOUs.

However, a significant issue on the Fort Peck Reservation is that there are people who are dealing 50 pills or less, and the Department of Justice has no interest in prosecuting these people.

I certainly hope that we can gather and have a much larger conversation about the Bureau of Indian Affairs being supportive of sovereign nations as opposed to punitive in many areas.

The impact of fentanyl on our communities cannot be overstated.

We would support the federal recognition of the inherent sovereignty of tribes to prosecute non-Indians engaged in drug dealing.

Madam Chair, thank you so much for this important hearing and the leadership of the Committee.

I certainly agree with their assessments.

I think that it is something I fully support, and I have seen work, especially with lessons I have learned from leaders on the Navajo Nation.

We think this can be addressed by supporting multi-agency drug task forces.

We need technology to help improve health outcomes, reduce health disparities, not exacerbate them.

Lack of prosecutions in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples space is an area where I've tried to hold DOJ accountable.

I certainly hope that we can gather and have a much larger conversation about the Bureau of Indian Affairs being supportive of sovereign nations as opposed to punitive in many areas.