"I appreciate your recognition that those 32 tribes deserve to be included in the program, and we will work with you in that regard."
"I appreciate the commitment you have expressed to make sure it sustains its scope and functionality, incredibly important to my state."
"We simply must adopt more of a keep-it-in-the-ground perspective since we are at this tipping point."
"It is like a heroin addict saying that the solution to heroin addiction is more heroin."
"There are 32 tribes that are not receiving any funding for law enforcement, though they fall under the same qualifications; and advocating that we try to start figuring out how to help those that have..."
"There are a tremendous number of vacancies. The recruitment is very difficult."
"Let us also recognized the oil companies' own leases that would allow them to drill on 20 million additional acres of Federal land and water that they are not using."
"The prices we experience are extremely painful to Americans, they are devastating, they are primarily the result of disruption from Putin's war on Ukraine."
"I am deeply concerned about agency process bottlenecks that really frustrate our ability to get LWCF projects done in a reasonable timeframe."
"I urge you to choose the no-lease option in your final plan."
"Public Law 280 is a nearly 70-year-old law affecting criminal jurisdiction in tribal lands in six states, including Oregon."