I rise today to introduce a bill, the Coral Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2022. This no-cost bill allows the head of any Federal Agency with a representative serving on the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force to award competitive prizes…

It is with deep sadness that I stand before you to share the passing of one of Hawaii's most beloved individuals, my friend and mentor, Dr. Noa Emmett Aluli. Uncle Emmett, as many affectionately called him, dedicated his life to the health…

With your permission, through the Chair, far be it from me to delay the passage of this law, which I know has been worked on by Native people and staffers for many, many years, but I just wanted to make my private commitment to the Senator…

for the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes beginning at 11:30 a.m. and two rollcall votes at 2:15 p.m. ____________________

I have five requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask unanimous consent that S. 5068 be discharged from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 30, and that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the Senate proceed…

I understand the Chair has an announcement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate a communication regarding the resignation of Senator Inhofe. Without objection, the letters will be printed in the Record and spread upon…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the previous order, following the remarks of Senator Portman. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

reserving the right to object--Senator Rounds, I do not object to the substance of your bill. As a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, I am very much in favor of the contributions made to our country by Native Americans and…

I would just like to commend my colleague for his work with the Native American veterans and for working with me to pass S. 7, which is a very necessary bill for Native Hawaiian women. Aloha. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South…

Senator Lujan, of course, is a cosponsor of both bills.

It is hard to bring jobs and to bring economic development to any community that can't guarantee reliable water for business.

Senator Heinrich's bills, S. 4896 and S. 4898, would ratify the agreements that the Jemez and Zia Pueblos...

This legislation would fully settle the claims of the Pueblo of Laguna and the Pueblo of Acoma in the Rio San Jose Basin as well as the claims of the Pueblo of Jemez and the Pueblo of Zia in the Rio Jemez Basin.

It is essential that we support the needs of our Indigenous communities.

I want to thank my colleague Senator Lujan and I started on the analogous House Committee many years ago.

The failure of the United States to ensure that these Pueblos could use the water that they have always owned has reverberated throughout generations.