Catherine Cortez Masto

The BLM and other agencies require lengthy NAGPRA consultations, is the DOI undertaking any effort to reduce the length of the process?

One of the issues that has come up again and again is the lack of funding that has delayed efforts to fully realize NAGPRA goals.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I so appreciate the panel discussion today.

What funding commitment is needed to meet goal of law?

I also know the National Park Service just hired a full-time investigator to enhance oversight and compliance with NAGPRA.

Will you ensure that the community lending plans are reviewed and appropriate to the needs of their communities?

There should not be a case where there is a tribal community that is not being recognized in the community lending plans for the Federal Home Loan Banks, and we are going to have those conversations and that will not be the case.

Will you commit to working with my office to ensure that the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco improves on its record of investment in Nevada?

The need to protect our credibility with the public very seriously, and I think our new system is easily the toughest in Government and the toughest I have seen anywhere.

Of course we all have concerns with the rising prices of so many goods.

I think we are all disappointed that Vice Chair Clarita did not disclose his active trading in late February 2020.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order, under the provisions of S. Res. 485. There being no objection, pursuant to S. Res. 485, as a further mark of respect to the…

I introduced the Western Wildfire Support Act, which would allow communities in Nevada and across the West to access training, equipment, and funding they need to combat the increasing amount of land at risk of burnup.

When they occur, it is imperative that the Federal Government comes to the aid of people who have lost everything.

Thank you for the question.

I strongly believe that Congress must not only reauthorize VAWA, but strengthen it to ensure that tribes can effectively prosecute crimes against women, children, and law enforcement in Indian Country.

Right now, what happens if a tribal officer is responding to a domestic violence call, and the non-Indian suspect attacks the officer?

To include coverage of protection?

I cannot thank you enough for having this conversation today on such an important issue.

Granting tribes the power to prosecute just one kind of crime simply doesn't reflect the reality of how crime happens.

Tribal governments are American governments, too, and that as such, they are no less worthy of our trust, respect and dignity.

I am thankful for my partnership with Vice Chair Murkowski.

To me, that is just unacceptable that children are falling through the cracks of laws meant to combat violence in Indian Country.

That vote, one of the first that I took as a new member of the Senate and of this Committee, was Congress' first real step toward restoring justice for Native communities.

Doing nothing is not an option.