whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting
we are trying to bring certainty, as Mr. Tubbs said, to the process
I believe we can find common ground on these important issues.
water is life
The CSKT settlement from the last Congress will possibly cost more than $2 billion.
The importance of these settlements to providing certainty to both Indian and non-Indian communities cannot be overstated, particularly when...
I find it very difficult, knowing the current funding constraints we face in Congress, to fund these Indian water rights settlements solely ...
The Hualapai settlement will also end up somewhere in that range.
The Navajo Utah legislation will cost upwards of $200 million.
I believe we have a responsibility to uphold our commitments to Native American tribes.
When it comes to protecting consumers, I am afraid that both Congress and the FTC have much more to do.
Moving on to my bill, S. 3168 would permanently extend the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund in order to meet our trust responsibility to I...
water is for fighting
This Administration and Congress have said they are committed to Indian water rights settlements versus costly litigation. However, we need ...
Ultimately, the bill would secure the tribe's current and future access to water, the life blood of the community.
The three bills before us today cover two issues of great importance to Indian Country, economic development and tribal water rights settlem...
These three bills give Congress a chance to do the right thing by those tribal communities to whom we owe legal, financial and moral obligat...
These settlement funds, which come on line in 2020, will go a long way towards paying for the $1.6 billion backlog to complete just five of ...