I have witnessed the ruinous aftermath of countless explosions, spills, and leaks at fracking sites that cause irreversible damage to our lands.

For 10 years, there have been resolutions by Navajo Chapter Houses to have the federal government implement better land management and prevention of further leasing on Public lands.

I ask today that you uphold Secretary Haaland's important decision to protect a small part of our homelands.

For too long, the American Federal Government has facilitated and benefited from the destruction of our sacred lands.

I urge you to oppose House Resolution 4374 and direct the Department of the Interior to move forward with the Honoring Chaco Initiative.

We need to get water to everybody's home on Navajo.

Chaco Canyon is a sacred place.

Let's protect Chaco Canyon. Let's find a path forward.

I am in strong opposition to these actions and will do all I can to stop them.

I testify today in support of H.R. 4374 as a community member, a grandmother, and someone who cares for others, especially our elders, who are very scared right now because they struggle to understand the impacts of the Public Land Order.

The protection of Chaco Canyon is supported by the vast majority of New Mexicans.

The Pueblo people are tied to this place through their lineage, through their songs, through their prayers.

Our job is to listen to the experts because we don't know, we are not there, we are not Navajo, we are not Pueblo, we are not Zuni.

the House Bill, sponsored by then-Representative Ben Ray Lujan, had co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle.

Intervene on behalf of their citizens regarding the actions of the Bureau of Land Management on the leasing of certain parcels of public lands for horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

We must also safeguard the places that have unmatched cultural significance to our Indigenous communities that are managed by the Federal Government.

Bears Ears is a living cultural landscape, as you have taught us.

In the last 2 years, we have authorized billions of dollars for Indian Country and Navajo for investments in roads, water, electricity, and broadband.