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Thank you for your leadership. It has been nearly a year since extremist justices on the Supreme Court overturned 50 years of precedent...

We lost three feet on our groundwater last year on top of many, many dozens of feet losses over previous years.

So we have a big nursery industry in Oregon, and there's constant concern about the ability to ship plants.

We lost three feet on our groundwater last year on top of many, many dozens of feet losses over previous years.

I nearly fell out of my seat because this is a place where it would be like the last thing anyone would ever ask for is government oversight.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for bringing your expertise to bear.

We lost three feet on our groundwater last year on top of many, many dozens of feet losses over previous years.

I was very surprised in the very southeast corner of my state, in an area that's extremely rural, and extremely allergic to any form of government involvement.

This is my first bill that I am bringing up. And I couldn't be more proud to hopefully have this become the first law that I have sponsored, because this is a long time coming.

I really, genuinely hope we can move this through. We will have a great celebration when that happens.

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians should be able to hunt, fish, and gather on their ancestral lands just like almost all the other tribes in Oregon and across the county.

This bill would recognize and require that HHS confer directly with the urban Indian organizations about health care policies and initiatives that impact urban American Indians and Alaska Natives, just as IHS does.

I couldn't be more proud to hopefully have this become the first law that I have sponsored, because this is a long time coming.

H.R. 2839 will go a long way toward finally healing those wounds after 43 years.

Our Restoration Act in 1977 was supposed to make us whole again, righting the terrible wrongs of termination.

H.R. 2839 is about fairness. Siletz Tribal members should be able to hunt, fish, trap, and gather like they have traditionally done for thousands of years.

The Siletz Tribe was stripped of their land and status in 1954 through the Western Oregon Termination Act.

It is essential that you take steps to protect and strengthen SNAP.