The Native American Tax Party and Relief introduced by Senator Cortez Masto in the 117th, outline Indian country's tax priorities.

Thank you for having this hearing. This would be great if this was across all the subcommittees...

I think part of this is giving them parity to develop their own resources through economic development.

I don't think there is any argument that it is cheaper to pay them than it is to replace them.

This legislation to me was something that sitting down with the tribes just in Nevada we had focused on how we could look at and really address economic development for so many of our tribes.

I live in a rural town of 830 people. I got broadband about half way through living out there.

Without increased investments in LIHTC, housing costs and shortages will continue to increase.

It's like lasagna. You've got to pull all these different pieces together to make it work, and each time it's going to come out maybe a little bit differently.

In the West, a majority of the land is owned by the Federal Government.

The COVID-19 pandemic made it abundantly clear that tribal economies must be diversified in order to be strong.

When State and local governments faced historic shortfalls, we were able to make them whole and to preserve the services that our constituents rely on every day.

We were able to protect the payrolls of small businesses across the country with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

We are not going to wait for something to happen and say, 'Oh, guess we ought to, you know, staff up our K-9s so we can do more sweeps.'

I want to say that I am proud of the votes that I took to deliver for the American people during the hardest days of the pandemic.

I think the Federal Government should advertise that, should focus on developing technology to help bring it to all in a responsible and ethical manner.

There can be no doubt that it is necessary at times to take a step back and retrospectively analyze the efficacy of our work.

Nobody on the committee should think that I am telling them what to do, and it has been a while, but it is a fascinating operation over there.

And then the last thing is: Part of the thing that the people on this committee are going to have to do when we recommend a bill to the whole committee is it is a value judgment.