It will be important to have funding to develop curriculum to be included in all levels of education.

It is undeniable that these events have led to intergenerational trauma.

How should we get churches to acknowledge their role in forming and implementing boarding schools for American Indian and Alaska Native children?

We owe it to our tribal brothers and sisters to do everything that we can to face a wrong, to right or wrong.

Our own country allowed children to die in federally funded schools as we have heard today.

H.R. 5444 will establish a much-needed Commission to formally investigate and document the stories of survivors and the human rights violations that occurred against these American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiians.

I believe your subcommittee should be granted Subpoena Powers to seek truth and information from those churches.

It is important to hear the stories. It is important to hear all of your testimony as difficult as it may be testifying here.

After decades of inaction, we are proud of the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's efforts to jumpstart the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

this bill is about bringing out those stories, finding the information, getting the information you need

the New Mexico delegation actually requested that President Biden waive the Federal cost share for FEMA assistance.

I want to make sure that the USDA is fully prepared to assist affected communities, and mitigate potential flood damages before this year's upcoming monsoon season.

I would also just ask that you look closely at FSA, and make sure that they are able to get on the ground.

I hope the committee will look at this, as we have had a number of places around the country where there has been a direct conflict between taking land out of production to do renewable projects.

I want to ask that you would work with NRCS to make sure that they can meet that urgent need.

would like to be able to work with you to develop some guidelines for what might be an appropriate cost share in this case.

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