Housing, in my view, is one of the most critical things. Service members and their families should not have to worry about having a safe and adequate housing.

The Native American Tax Party and Relief introduced by Senator Cortez Masto in the 117th, outline Indian country's tax priorities.

I could not agree more, as a former software developer, and so I am going to continue on this vein as we think about AI.

The COVID-19 pandemic made it abundantly clear that tribal economies must be diversified in order to be strong.

There can be no doubt that it is necessary at times to take a step back and retrospectively analyze the efficacy of our work.

Thank you for having this hearing. This would be great if this was across all the subcommittees...

It's like lasagna. You've got to pull all these different pieces together to make it work, and each time it's going to come out maybe a little bit differently.

The availability of affordable housing is key to economic growth for any community.

the word 'common framework' is music to my ears

Without increased investments in LIHTC, housing costs and shortages will continue to increase.

I want to thank committee member Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) for introducing the Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act (AHBEA) in the last Congress.

passage of which is the single most important thing Congress could do to address the severe imbalance between supply and demand for affordable rental housing.

And then the last thing is: Part of the thing that the people on this committee are going to have to do when we recommend a bill to the whole committee is it is a value judgment.

We were able to protect the payrolls of small businesses across the country with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

This legislation to me was something that sitting down with the tribes just in Nevada we had focused on how we could look at and really address economic development for so many of our tribes.

When State and local governments faced historic shortfalls, we were able to make them whole and to preserve the services that our constituents rely on every day.

I think part of this is giving them parity to develop their own resources through economic development.

The only thing that's unacceptable to me is for this Congress to take a pass on housing.