You understand that we are on Indian land right now, and every single inch of this country was Indian land long before it was ever the United States of America.

Hateful ideologies of any kind have no place in our military.

This is a great injustice and one that allows the longstanding disenfranchisement of Native voters to continue.

Representative Lujan testified about ongoing barriers whenever Native people received that right to vote when they became citizens, but they were denied that right.

Throughout our country's history, Native voters have been subject to guardianship, literacy tests, polling taxes, and outright rejection from the ballot box in regions across the U.S.

If we allow these noxious beliefs to continue, as our diversity continues across the country, this is what we are dealing with.

Well, it just seems to me in terms of the survey, I think that, you know, if we do not have many minority veterans filling out the survey.

I am proud of what we have accomplished in the 116th Congress to build on the Voting Rights Act with House passage of H.R. 4, but our work is not finished.

I think that would be a good question to ask.

I think that as we look into sources of missing data, we might be able to pick that back up.

As a Nation, we have still not fulfilled commitments to Tribes to work with them on a government-to-government basis to protect Native voting rights.

Native American voting rights are civil rights, and we must ensure that every eligible voter can exercise their right to vote.

I just think that there is more information that needs to be included.

I urge my colleagues to support the Native American Voting Rights Act.

I am also grateful to you for including a year-long moratorium on new oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of the Chaco Culture National Historic Park in Fiscal Year 2020, which is my ancestral homeland, and for funding a cultural resources…

I urge you to fully fund the LCWF at the authorized $900 million level, although last week the President did tweet his support for making LWCF full funding mandatory, so perhaps it won't be necessary, but we will see.

This is not a minimum wage issue. This is veteran-equality issue and there is a precedent.

I want to thank Chairman Levin and Ranking Member Bilirakis for the opportunity to speak on my legislation, the Wage Adjustment for Veterans Enrolled in School Act, also known as the WAVES Act.