Today, the Subcommittee is meeting to consider two bills.
Trust land is like all other Federal pieces of land, like military bases or national parks that are not subject to state taxation.
As an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, I cannot overstate the importance of tribal sovereignty and the relationships tha...
I want to thank the witnesses for your valuable testimony, and I also want to thank the Members...
Chairman Cole, you make a compelling case, and your insight and history has been invaluable today.
Congress is long overdue to correct the law as the Supreme Court interpreted it when the Court made the Carcieri decision.
Let me be clear: this is false. In fact, out of the 961 total pending fee-to-trust applications, only 26 are gaming applications.
One of the things that shocked me as we worked our way through this pandemic... was the level of disinformation that was coming from our pol...
It is long past time for lawmakers to act.
But for the local communities, as well?
Even after 15 years, the Department has not yet determined how many of our 574 recognized tribes would be impacted by this decision?
This case will be reversed on appeal. The level of egregious reversible error that was demonstrated by this judge and by the prosecutors is ...
We have got a situation where the alleged crime was committed in 2016, and they had to bootstrap it to something that occurred years later t...
Today's hearing is entitled, 'Examining GAO's Findings to Address Data Gaps and Improve Data Collection in the Territories.'
The U.S. territories are often excluded from or not fully included in Federal statistical data products.
Data impacts every facet of our life, from economic development to national security.
The GAO found that the U.S. Federal statistical products often contain data gaps for the territories.
The AGOA program has proven invaluable for economic growth of sub-Saharan countries empowering African women and increased opportunities for...