09/09/2018
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"I have come to speak on a crisis that affects communities across our Nation, the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women."
"Native women throughout the country face a murder rate 10 times higher than the national average with 84 percent experiencing some kind of violence in their lifetimes."
"We support a bipartisan amendment from Reps. Henry Cuellar of Texas and Dan Newhouse of Washington State that would expand the H-2A program to non-seasonal ag workers."
"The Federal Government has fallen behind in investing in our Nation's water infrastructure and we must prevent further crises from plaguing communities in the West and across the country."