Kristi Noem actually said...

Imposing the mandate penalty on tribes... will divert limited resource from other areas.

The last thing the tribes in South Dakota need is a punitive tax penalty from the Federal Government.

Compliance with this mandate could possibly cost the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in excess of $6 million annually.

To solve this problem, I have introduced H.R. 3080, the Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act, which would exempt tribal governments, bu...