A packed room awaits the start of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs business meeting, followed by a hearing on #MMIW crisis and #VAWA tribal jurisdiction bills. Tune in at 2:30pm Eastern https://t.co/Eaudl3mEP8 @IndianCommittee pic.twitter.com/zLta9WQ00j
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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approved S.1211, the Addressing Underdeveloped and Tribally Operated Streets (AUTOS) Act, after adopting amendment to increase funding to Bureau of Indian Affairs. Bill makes it easier to fix aging bridges and roads. https://t.co/zyMwLDISIi pic.twitter.com/74d91UMWsZ
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The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs also approved H.R.1388, the Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act. The bill restores a small portion of the homelands lost by the Lytton Rancheria at the hands of the federal government. Bill already passed House. https://t.co/BvrtidTDas pic.twitter.com/K1T1IA824C
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The Republican & Democratic leaders of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs are taking Trump administration to task for not being prepared for #MMIW / #VAWA hearing. Interior Department & Justice Department were late submitting testimony and are unable to offer position on 5 bills. pic.twitter.com/pvpWKunww0
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Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) said Trump administration was told about hearing a month ago yet Interior Department and Justice Department were unprepared. "The testimony needs to be in on a timely basis," said Hoeven, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) also said he was frustrated by Trump administration's failure to come prepared for hearing on #MMIW and #VAWA bills. "Indian Country cannot and should not accept any more lip service," said Udall, vice chairman of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
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Tracy Toulou, the director of the Office of Tribal Justice at the Department of Justice, confirms the Trump administration is still “reviewing” #MMIW and #VAWA bills. “I apologize for the delay in providing the testimony,” Toulou told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. pic.twitter.com/qe0CtSS6Hx
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Charles Addington, deputy director of Office of Justice Services at Bureau of Indian Affairs, also was sorry. “I want to apologize for our testimony being late,” Addington told Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, blaming delay on White House review. “We will do a better job.” pic.twitter.com/Gu2G7aKz3t
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“We are here today because the federal government is failing” to protect Native women & children, Lynn Malerba, Secretary of United South & Eastern Tribes Sovereignty Protection Fund, tells Senate Committee on Indian Affairs as Trump administration shows up unprepared. @USETINC pic.twitter.com/AZ0xxlYi38
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