![Law and Order Committee Chair Eugenia Charles-Newton, Vice Chair of the Fort Hall Business Council Donna Thompson, Director of Tribal Affairs and Senior Advisor to the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Rose Petoskey, White House Office of Management and Budget Tribal Advisor to the Director, Elizabeth Carr, and Council Delegate Nathan Notah pose for a photo during Charles-Newton and Notah's trip to Washington D.C. during the week of July 22. Photo Credit: Courtesy of the 25th Navajo Nation Council](https://gallupsun.com/images/resized/images/news/2016/loc washington_100_100.png)
WASHINGTON D.C. — Law and Order Committee Chair Eugenia Charles-Newton and Council Delegate Nathan Notah engaged in critical advocacy at the White House during the week of July 22.
The officials' visit to the Nation’s capital was a continuation of an advocacy push for increases to Navajo Nation and tribal Public Safety and Justice budgets.
“We’re only getting 13% of our need. We get a drop in the bucket of funding that comes down,” Charles-Newton said during a meeting with officials from the White House Domestic Policy Council, Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Office of Management and Budget.
Increased and mandatory tribal PS&J budgets would strengthen public safety...