For the protection of the cultural and historic knowledge, public health and our environment, the Navajo Nation supports the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act sponsored by Congressman Ben Ray Lujan as well as Senator Udall's…

It is a carefully thought-out community that our ancestors planned and executed over centuries.

This action would prevent the degradation of cultural resources, preserve the environment, and protect the health of the surrounding communities.

We are incredibly thankful that Chairman Grijalva is championing this issue.

However, recent actions by this Administration suggest they may be seeking to end this moratorium, exposing tribal communities and Arizonans to the dangerous impacts of uranium mining.

I just would like to emphasize that outdoor recreation is over billions of dollars for revenue in New Mexico.

Companies will simply be discouraged from developing the minerals on my behalf because it just doesn't make sense economically or technologically.

We can't allow this to happen.

Let me be clear: uranium mining is important to the United States and world economy, but uranium contamination is not.

The Pueblo of Santa Ana thanks the Committee for the opportunity to testify on the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019, H.R. 2181.

Chairman Grijalva has, and continues to be, a champion for our community and the Grand Canyon.

This legislation would only withdraw over 900,000 acres, but would only withdraw 316,076 acres of oil, natural gas, coal, and other minerals.

I believe it is our responsibility to ensure that these vital programs have the funding necessary to continue but also to expand.

I think that we must take action on resiliency and that the United States must take immediate action to reduce emissions.

We should be reminded that we made a commitment, when we went to the American people... that we would pass legislation to lower the cost of prescription drug prices for the American people, and we had better deliver on it.

They are window dressing. Right? They are advisory boards who don't have any teeth at all.

It is important that we know and understand the emotion and the feeling behind it.

We are concerned that, had we not requested a meeting at Chemawa, we would not have gotten that response.