Now you also have to jump through a FOIA request hurdle on this as well.
The greater number of hurdles that are placed there, the incentive is go somewhere else.
I think the primary solution is to get as much of the decision-making as possible in the hands of tribes.
That is unacceptable. I think the primary solution is to get as much of the decision-making as possible in the hands of ...
Self-governance has proven to be an effective policy for the last 40 years.
Not only is it more expensive to then do production in Indian Country, not only does the permitting take five times long...
We have to be able to streamline this process.
There should be ongoing conversation, rather than hearing it again and again.
That is important to know how that is being fulfilled.
It is a very strategic move that is happening, and it is extremely aggressive and seems to be accelerating.
Finding ways for us to be able to work together on this I think is extremely important.