03/05/2012
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"We must ensure that the voices of Native Americans are heard."
"Senator Heitkamp's bill, S. 1941, Savanna's Act, looks at the Federal response to missing and murdered Indian women."
"The bills we are considering here today address these very same issues: law enforcement resources, victim services and public safety in Indian Country."
"That is a gap in terms of the special jurisdiction and the way it works."