The Tribal Law and Order Act increased sentencing authority for Tribes, particularly repeat offenders.
I feel like we are a vast representation on the membership that is here right now on what the needs are for Indian Country and coordination.
If the State will not forgo taxing on tribal lands, then the tribe cannot economically impose its taxes.
So how do you build the continuity in the system?
Over the last few years, Congress has worked with Tribes to make their communities safer.
We want to make sure we are taking steps forward for best practices and then scaling it and having an understanding of what it is going to t...
The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 expanded sentencing authority for Tribes to allow them to prosecute non-Indian offend...
Obviously we want to see continued progress made and coordination and working together.
President Obama's Oil Spill Commission made fundamental commonsense recommendations, including Congressional action on improving safety for ...
the idea that we are sitting here now almost six years after that, those hearings that you mentioned, still talking about putting in place r...
We have a lot of work to do, and we need to work together to develop real solutions to the wildfire problem.