Coal miners used to be heroes. But now many of my brothers and sisters in the coal industry fear for their families' liv...
I am not sure whether the nominee before us today is personally aware of so many folks who have actually lost their jobs...
I want to emphasize that this is housing primarily for low-income Indian families.
I know that NAHASDA is one of the most effective Federal Indian programs, not perfect, but very successful.
The National American Indian Housing Council estimates that there is a need for about 250,000 new housing units througho...
In the past, a major bottleneck in the housing development process has been land leasing.
So I think we further note that if HUD fails to act, then tribes actually can't expend their housing funds.
We need to work together to identify the barriers to Indian housing development.
The Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act is up for reauthorization this year.
I am concerned about some recent reports that have identified some anti-competitive effects of excessive integration of ...
the Obama Administration's Closed-Door Settlements on Endangered Species and People
The Department of Interior has refused to disclose adequate information.
While the royalty rate was at 2 percent we enjoyed an increase in production and an increase in employment in the soda a...
I would like to slip back in to the much more mundane topic of soda ash in Trona.
If we increase the royalty... we are charging $25 million more annually for soda ash.
If we increase the royalty, which we have now allowed to occur on naturally occurring soda ash in the United States, we ...
We have an opportunity to do comprehensive immigration reform.
It is something that this subcommittee has had a lot of conversations about even during the last Congress.
