I really want to thank you and the administration for putting forth a budget that has mandatory funding for the IHS.
This is what healthcare looks like in rural America. This is what healthcare looks like in rural New Mexico.
My vote in support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was a recognition of this huge need.
So I would like you to talk a little more about how living up to our trust and treaty responsibilities by treating these...
Thank you for the opportunity to be here today and offer this testimony, and I look forward to our continued partnership...
I understand the issue. I understand what tribes are saying, and I respect tribal laws.
If you recall when I first came into Congress, shortly before I was sworn in, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights came o...
So climate change and coastal challenges are real threats, and they also threaten significant cultural landmarks and her...
Generally, if tribes don't have to worry about certain parts of their budgets, then they are free to work on things that...
We are incredibly grateful for the $7 million in the 2022 funding.
It is important for me to make sure that people know we care about this issue.
In this time of climate change bearing down on us, indigenous knowledge about our natural world will be extremely valuab...
Tribes have been on this continent for millennia, for tens of thousands of years, and they know how to take care of our ...
President Biden has charged us all with an 'all of Government' approach to Indian Country.
I appreciate your interest and the committee's interest in this issue.
I believe very strongly that stakeholders deserve to be heard.
the funding for tribal courts is so extremely important when you are dealing with, you know, holistic, wraparound approa...
New Mexico is ground zero for the opioid epidemic. We have one of the highest rates of drug overdose in the United State...
