I strongly support the parity created by the Tribal Stafford Act for tribal and State governments and their concurrent ability to seek disaster assistance directly from the President.

This is unacceptable to me.

How does that happen all of a sudden with an agency like the EPA, because they happened to be the agency that caused the problem?

I am asking this Committee to hold EPA's word and let them compensate every one of our farmers that has been hurt.

It seems to me one of the issues here is the issue if EPA is supposed to be the lead, is EPA, in your opinion, capable of being lead in a disaster?

Tribal disaster declaration authority is critical to tribal governments across the country.

Let me tell you that when you have come into New Mexico, we have had disasters on reservation and off reservation.

To this day, they have not. That letter specially says, we cannot compensate you a penny. That is wrong.

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