"I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the tribal elders and leaders that are here today."
"I appreciate the opportunity to spend the last 2 days listening to dozens of witnesses who have testified about the IHS, BIA, BIE, and our failure to live up to our treaties and obligations and our ne..."
"I fully recognize that the Federal government has not lived up to their end of the obligation to the tribal nations."
"Do you think putting a bounty on Asian carp for the contract fisheries is the way to go?"
"It is something that we are going to continue to do what we can here to make sure that we at least have the funding to try to honor those obligations that we have already entered into."
"Going forward, is there a way to eliminate that and still allow the system to be operable or have somebody be able to repair a malfunction without allowing something in?"
"With all due respect, in 2018 Ohio used Help America Vote Act grant funds to host regional tabletop exercises for election officials."
"During my time as a county prosecutor, I used to represent a board of elections."
"And there is no good reason today, in 2019, to have a system that does not use paper ballots."
"What other proactive steps can local election officials take to ensure personnel are adequately prepared or trained for these type of scenarios?"
"I, for one, would disagree with the chairman in that I don't believe that more visibility and cameras in the courtroom would be any good."