Some tribes have seen a greater reduction in fractionation.

This program has been proven successful so far, and I can see no reason to not continue this program and uphold the government's responsibility to Indian Country.

Since the start of the program in 2012, more than $1.1 billion has been paid to landowners.

It is about atoning for the ill-conceived policies of the past, and affording tribes and tribal members a much better future.

It is extremely difficult to work with an administration without timely and accurate responses to our letters.

It makes it very difficult for you and for me to do our jobs when we don't have enough data.

Remember, they were the original owners of this land that was taken from them, pillaged from them.

The EEOC's work is still very much needed in our workforce, and we should not seek to hold them back.

I am disappointed once again, Mr. Chairman, that we have yet to have another hearing on the EEOC without actually inviting a representative from the Commission.

When we talk about banning the box, we are not just discussing a policy initiative, we are talking about allowing real men and women a fair shot at a good job and life.

The name of our subcommittee, I want to remind everyone, is Workforce Protections, meaning that we should be doing our best to protect workers.

There is really so much more work to do at the EEOC.

Why is the wage gap still an issue for millions of working women in our nation?

On average, working women make 83 cents for every dollar that a typical white man makes.

Race, gender, disability, and age discrimination still persist today.

There is so much more work the EEOC needs to do.

In that time, the EEOC has been on the forefront of fighting discrimination in the workplace for all people, and its work is needed now more than ever.

If we do not have accurate data, we will not be able to solve this persistent problem.