We are very, very encouraged to hear that.

Today's hearing is an important step toward fully understand the scope and working to address the crisis in Indian Country.

It is clear that States have a role in ensuring Native Americans are not overlooked in the criminal justice system.

I know Deb will bring her commitment to ending violence against Native women with her to D.C. next Congress.

the best practices in law enforcement are to have about 3 officers for 1,000 people, [yet] there's only 0.14 agents for 1,000 reservation residents.

It took a really long time for Ashley's name.

I think all of us here watching Senator Heitkamp today give her farewell address were tremendously moved. I come away, first of all, with, this is a person of character, a person we have served with who cares about doing the right thing, a…

Thank you to all the witnesses for your testimony.

What it would do is there is a national crime victims fund. It is $3 billion a year.

I believe that we need a new protocol, when it comes to missing and murdered indigenous women.

I know that the FBI can't speak to the Executive Office of the U.S. Attorneys' data, but to me it is alarming that the cause for most declinations is insufficient evidence.

We were able to secure $132 million, and that is for fiscal year 2018.