Russell Begaye: “This bill will provide water to 40 percent that do not have water in the State of Utah, members of my Nation.”

We respectfully, yet strongly, urge you to reject these proposals and maintain full funding for the Community Health Representative and Health Education programs in the fiscal year 2019 budget.

For these reasons, we strongly advocate that the Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act be reauthorized at the proposed $13 million levels for each fiscal years 2019 through 2023.

Money is money, life is more important than money. We can continue to argue about prospering in this Nation, but respecting one another's rights and religion is all we ask for.

The bill stifles the tribal voice in monument management, and the bill eliminates protection for our cultural patrimony.