I want Indian Country to be as safe as possible.

And the reason why you can't fill those positions is because of a lack of interest, or because the salary, the retention, the benefits are not enough?

So are you telling me that you have open positions for BIA agents and you can't fill those positions?

My challenge is with BIA, and this is what I want to hear, is if they are under-resourced and understaffed.

I want Indian Country to be as safe as possible.

We are going to follow up. I want answers to all this, so we are providing the resources we need.

So are you telling me that you have open positions for BIA agents and you can't fill those positions?

And the reason why you can't fill those positions is because of a lack of interest, or because the salary, the retention, the benefits are not enough?

My challenge is with BIA, and this is what I want to hear, is if they are under-resourced and understaffed.

So are you telling me that you have open positions for BIA agents and you can't fill those positions?

My challenge is with BIA, and this is what I want to hear, is if they are under-resourced and understaffed.

And the reason why you can't fill those positions is because of a lack of interest, or because the salary, the retention, the benefits are not enough?

I want Indian Country to be as safe as possible.

I want answers to all this, so we are providing the resources we need.

I rise today, along with my colleagues, because, as the President pro tempore has heard, we have a childcare crisis in this country. Families can't afford it; employers don't have the funds to subsidize it; and providers can't pay their…

It is time for us to revisit that conversation.

We cannot ignore the voices of Native communities in this fight against addiction.

There is a comprehensive approach, we can work in a bipartisan way to address what is happening at the southern border, it is something I worked on as attorney general, to address the drug trafficking.

It is time for us to revisit that conversation.

I think we have to do an all-of-the-above approach to address fentanyl that is not only coming into all of our communities, but our tribal communities, and address the needs there.

I think we have to do an all-of-the-above approach to address fentanyl that is not only coming into all of our communities, but our tribal communities, and address the needs there.

There is a comprehensive approach, we can work in a bipartisan way to address what is happening at the southern border, it is something I worked on as attorney general, to address the drug trafficking.

We cannot ignore the voices of Native communities in this fight against addiction.

We need to ensure that resources are allocated effectively to combat this epidemic.

There is a comprehensive approach, we can work in a bipartisan way to address what is happening at the southern border.