Thank you, Chairman Schatz, you and Vice Chair Murkowski, for holding this very, very important hearing today to hear directly from Indian Country how they are fighting this battle, and how they need a better Federal partner.

I am going to ask unanimous consent, but before I do, I just want to respond to the Senator and say we have a proposal that covers Israel, humanitarian aid, Ukraine, and the border. We are working to get that done, and I welcome the input…

it is vital we do these together in one package and not break them apart, such as an Israel-only bill like the one that the House passed last week.

We have got to act on those requests as well as the President's funding requests to meet operational requirements and needs at the Southern border.

Making sure we can adequately support the resettlement of these refugee populations is not just the right thing to do, it also supports important national security and strategic interests.

It has been 40 years since we have come to a bipartisan agreement on how to change the law.

We should have access to recovery be as easy as access to the drug, and at this point, it is not.

Tribes urgently need Federal support to mitigate risk from these extreme weather events, and when necessary, to relocate to safer areas.

for the information of the Senate, starting at 2:30 p.m. today, the following amendments are expected to be called up and made pending: Cruz No. 1249 and Lee No. 1121. Upon disposition of the amendments, the Senate will vote on adoption of…

we have a bipartisan package before us. This amendment that is being offered would slash funding supported unanimously in our committee in the Ag and T-HUD bills--kicking women and kids off of WIC or gutting funding for our farmers and…

I want to thank everyone who has worked with me and the senior Senator from Maine to get our bipartisan spending package here. Over the last few days, we have had a truly robust amendment process and considered 40 amendments, and this vote…

what we have just done is really important, and I want to thank everyone who helped us get here: my vice chair, the senior Senator from Maine; our subcommittee leaders, the Senators from Arkansas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Hawaii, and…

I would just ask that the bipartisan support that bill has gotten out of this Committee previously, once again be taken up.

Together, the Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act and the TERRA Act, would help ensure tribes get the resources and supports that they need to address existential threats to their communities.

This is a simple common-sense bill that recognizes tribal sovereignty by amending the Coastal Zone Management Act.

I would like to close today by thanking you for your support of H.R. 929, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Confirmation Act.

That's why I ask that you consider H.R. 3976--the Tribal Coastal Resiliency Act.

I also ask that you consider the Tribal Environmental Resiliency Resources Act, or TERRA Act, which I will be introducing later this Congress.