Indian water rights are vested property rights and resources for which the United States has a trust responsibility.

I look forward to working with both my friends, Senator Tester and Senator Daines, on this settlement going forward.

Water is a valuable resource for Tribes. It is fundamental for Tribal public health and economic development on Indian reservations, particularly in the West.

I would like to also to thank Senator Cortez Masto for her leadership and Senator Rosen, Senator Crapo, and Senator Risch for championing this legislation.

We need to ensure that the voices of our tribal nations are heard and respected.

This amendment is needed to fulfill the promise of the Settlement Act for the tribes, which is to be able to make use of their water rights to fulfill economic potential of the Duck Valley Reservation.

It has been said, and it is certainly important to repeat, that Indian water rights are vested property rights.

Negotiated settlements, rather than protracted litigation, has become the preferred approach to resolving Indian water rights disputes.

there is also, I would imagine, a matter of equity, a matter of fairness that requires a settlement process

I think we're going to look back 20 years from now and all of us are going to be like what in the hell were we thinking when we recognize the damage that's done to a generation of kids.

Do they provide platforms for authoritarian or terrorist-based leaders, like the Ayatollahs in Iran?

You can declare moral bankruptcy and we can figure out how to fix these things together because we solve problems together. We don't solve them alone.

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I ask unanimous consent to be able to use a prop on the Senate floor, a tree spike. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.