They had one job ― one job! ― to discuss the merits of the five bills on the agenda, all of which relate to violence against Native women or children. Hundreds of Native American women and girls are disappearing and being murdered. At least 506 indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been killed in 71 U.S. cities, including more than 330 since 2010, according to a November report by Urban Indian Health Institute. Even that is likely a gross undercount, per the institute, because they based their report on the scraps of information they could find.

Source: Huffington Post June 21, 2019 10:00 UTC