there would be huge benefits for merchants and small businesses to be able to have an account or central bank digital currency in some form.

I am excited that the Biden Administration is in support of a permanent Carcieri fix.

I look forward to working with Congress on this very important issue to the Lumbee people.

Unfortunately, there are no SBA-licensed small business investment companies located in Nevada.

I think we would be missing an opportunity if we did not take a look at what was happening there.

I want to make sure our tribal communities are brought into this conversation, because they are dealing with the wildfires and necessary resources to assist them.

How could a Federal Reserve-run digital currency system make it easier to connect to those unbanked and provide financial relief directly?

Senator Cortez Masto and I have worked on that have been launched in these last couple of years.

Madam Chair, thank you. Thank you so much for the opportunity to participate in this important discussion today.

One of the great things this Administration has already done on this effort is to reconstitute the White House Council on Native American Affairs.

one of the benefits of a CBDC, of a no-fee account offered by the Federal Reserve, central bank digital money, is it would be provided to the public without profitability considerations.

I would love to see it expand in Nevada, because we also need to invest in our minority-owned businesses.

I share Secretary Haaland's commitment to taking meaningful action on addressing the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people across Indian Country.

We must ensure that the needs of Indian Country are met.

It is harder and harder for us to maybe set the example for how elections should run.

The Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics provide critical services to working taxpayers who are unable to hire representatives.

The IRS could not effectively do tax administration, particularly in these communities, without LITCs.

Every community deserves quality transit and transportation services that build connections to their opportunities and provides essential mobility.