I believe that every single Native child at any of our BIE schools deserves a quality, culturally relative education.

According to the Justice Department's own findings, Native American women are two to three times more likely than women of any other race to experience violence, stalking, or sexual assault.

It's unfortunate, but hardly surprising, that the Trump White House is now making highly misleading claims that the president is 'fighting for Indian Country,' on the eve of an election, when this administration's record is one of repeated failures for Native communities.

Under your leadership, Madam Secretary, there have been historic leases for clean energy, protection of vast swaths of our public lands.

This body just two summers ago passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is not only the largest investment in climate change in our nation's history.

We want to get great folks working on our public lands, and we can only do that if they have a place to live.

I really believe that is the key, and we will follow that and move forward.

I can say that the BLM held three in-person meetings on the proposed rule.

I appreciate that very much, and look forward to working with the Committee leadership to get this addressed.

there are millions of acres of leased, non-producing Federal lands, and there are thousands of approved permits to drill that the industry is letting sit unused.

I want to make sure that the funding makes it into the next budget for that, as well as to make sure that we have a settlement team for the middle Rio Grande pueblos.

the Department of the Interior has recently finalized a number of important rules that will both promote clean energy and also ensure stronger protections for our public lands and waters while holding fossil fuel industry accountable.

I am grateful to the members of this Committee for working on a bipartisan basis to champion tribal priorities.

Tribal consultation is government-to-government consultation with federally recognized tribes.

As vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, representing 23 Tribes in New Mexico, I deeply respect Tribal leaders and Native communities and cannot stand idly by when the Trump administration tries to rewrite President Trump's abysmal record with misleading propaganda.

the mission of the Department is to manage our public lands, to protect our cultural resources and cultural heritage for every American.

Reliable water is crucial to tribal communities, and this permanent funding for settlements will help us work with tribes and Congress to meet our trust responsibilities to ensure that tribal communities receive the water resources they have long been promised.

Our over 500 wildlife refuges, as you know, play an important role in conservation.