I want to thank Mr. Markwayne Mullin for leading this effort, and Mr. Kennedy as well.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ms. Schakowsky.

Congress should use its current oversight authority to compel IHS to provide the information currently outlined in this legislation.

Despite protections in current law, the illicit trade in Native American tangible cultural heritage continues to pose a grave threat...

I sent a letter to the President in March urging him to continue the tradition of holding the White House Tribal Nations Conference.

The problem with this is that is the entity to do the enforcement. If you are putting this in hiatus indefinitely, you have stopped the enforcement activities.

USET SPF commends Senator Martin Heinrich, and cosponsors, for the introduction of the STOP Act.

We also extend our gratitude to Senator Martin Heinrich and the several sponsors who introduced the STOP Act.

I find it deeply troubling to learn that almost ten months into a new Administration that the Department of the Interior itself has not looked into what policy changes are necessary to stop the trafficking of sacred tribal objects.

I believe a comprehensive assessment of IHS is necessary first, as a necessary first step to making calculated and systemic changes at IHS.

It is urgent. I cannot express how urgent it is to me. The Shield must come home.

This bill's strong bipartisan support gives me hope that we can solve this problem for tribal communities that we represent in the very near future.

Helping fulfill the Federal trust responsibility is absolutely critical to me.

The trust responsibility does not end with IHS and it does not end with BIA.

I appreciate our partnership on this and many other issues affecting tribes and Native Americans.

I do not think you can say oh, we are going to indefinitely postpone it. The message should go to the Secretary that he reconvene the Review Committee and continue its statutorily mandated mission, which is I think tremendously important.

the entire Federal Government has a trust responsibility to the tribes.

the idea of taxpayer money going to private companies to dig for information this Committee should be able to get from Federal agencies already strikes me as wasteful and duplicative.