Catherine Cortez Masto

I need verification that one, every single U.S. Attorneys office across this Country has established those guidelines.

I can't say this, stress this enough, as somebody who worked in the U.S. Attorney's office, but also in the State of Nevada, worked as the Attorney General, working with our tribal communities, working with BIA, working with the FBI…

I need verification that one, every single U.S. Attorneys office across this Country has established those guidelines.

We just need answers. We want to work together, but we need answers to some of these questions.

It is a matter of recruitment, but it is also a challenge getting folks hired in a timely manner.

I know the BIA is, because I talk to BIA agents in Nevada. Their geographic territory is ridiculous, and there are very few of them.

There is a challenge there. It is caused by a number of issues, we know, from a lack of Federal support to the unique challenges facing officers in rural communities.

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.

The BADGES Act would seek to evaluate Federal law enforcement practices for handling and processing evidence in cases in Indian Country.

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

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 not just MMIW, but drug trafficking…

We need to provide these essential resources.

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.

There is a challenge there. It is caused by a number of issues, we know, from a lack of Federal support to the unique challenges facing officers in rural communities.

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

The BADGES Act would seek to evaluate Federal law enforcement practices for handling and processing evidence in cases in Indian Country.

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 not just MMIW, but drug trafficking…

We need to provide these essential resources.

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.

There is a challenge there. It is caused by a number of issues, we know, from a lack of Federal support to the unique challenges facing officers in rural communities.

The BADGES Act would seek to evaluate Federal law enforcement practices for handling and processing evidence in cases in Indian Country.

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 not just MMIW, but drug trafficking…

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

We need to provide these essential resources.

This legislation would allow health care providers working part-time to access IHS scholarship and loan repayment programs.