09/09/2014
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"This is legislation that will protect our Nation's navigable waterways, the streams and wetlands that help keep our navigable waters clean."
"Despite the exceedingly high crime rates and great need for victim services in Indian Country, over the last five years, tribes have never received more than 0.7 percent of the Crime Victims Fund avai..."
"It is clear that tribes lack the resources and capacity to provide basic services to victims of crime on their lands."
"We need to ensure that victims in Indian Country have access to the services they need."