Catherine Cortez Masto actually said...

"This is important for so many within our Native American communities when it comes to supporting our law enforcement officers there who are severely hindered in their ability to address the crisis of ..."

"We need to provide these essential resources."

"The BADGES Act would create that five-year demonstration program that would allow BIA to adjudicate their own background checks for officer candidates."

"I don't think that that is consistent with our trust obligation to Indian people, when we are not prosecuting cases in Indian Country that we prosecute elsewhere."