This amendment is needed to fulfill the promise of the Settlement Act for the tribes, which is to be able to make use of their water rights to fulfill economic potential of the Duck Valley Reservation.

It has been said, and it is certainly important to repeat, that Indian water rights are vested property rights.

there is also, I would imagine, a matter of equity, a matter of fairness that requires a settlement process

Negotiated settlements, rather than protracted litigation, has become the preferred approach to resolving Indian water rights disputes.

I have come to the floor this afternoon, unexpectedly. I had anticipated that I was going to be taking the long trek home, for even a short weekend, going back to Alaska. That is not the case this weekend, unfortunately. Our COVID numbers…

there has been a lot of impassioned words about a nominee that we will have before us in just a matter of less than an hour, Tracy Stone-Manning. Know that I join my colleagues in the concerns that they have expressed, as we look to those…

Alaska is No. 1 and we don't want to be No. 1. We are in a very, very, very challenged place right now.

this is not just important to me, but it is important to the entire state.

When we had Secretary Haaland before the Committee, she made very clear, I think, to each and every one of us on this Committee that it was going to be her practice to follow the science.

I raised my frustration, and I think you sensed not only frustration but real anger about some of the reports that I had received regarding virtual consultations held by BLM.

You are basically pulling everything back to Washington, DC for a political review.

this is probably the singular most important development project in the State of Alaska right now and going forward.

you agreed that this was absolutely inappropriate, you would find out what was going on, and you would report back to us.

Today, more than 40 U.S. senators, Democrats -- excuse me, 43 Democrats and two -- excuse me, 43 Democrats and three Republicans, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy and Jim Inhofe for the Republicans. These 40-plus senators wrote today to the…

I am pleased to be able to follow my friend and colleague, the Senator from Arizona. And while she is still on the floor, I want to thank her personally for her Herculean efforts that she has made throughout this process. It has not been…

I am on the floor this afternoon as we are waiting to learn when we might be able to proceed to a series of amendments as they relate to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This is a significant measure, one that I have been very…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Alaska.

it is indeed a pleasure to be on the floor, even though it is a little bit late on a Sunday evening, but to be here with colleagues that we have spent probably more time with one another than we have with our families, our spouses, our…

I don't come here this morning to speak to that at this moment but to just give a strong Alaska ``attagirl'' shout-out to Lydia Jacoby. A few days ago, most people outside of the State of Alaska had probably never heard of Lydia, 17 years…

I wanted to just literally pop into the discussion here this morning. There is a great deal going on here in the Capitol. The discussions on the bipartisan infrastructure bill are continuing in a good, productive way, and we are hopeful we…

American Indian and Alaska Native children had the highest rates of victimization, 14.8 per 1,000 children.

S. 1797, again, the Urban Indian Health Providers Facilities Improvement Act will be significant as we look to make renovations, construct or expand health facilities used by UIOs to provide care of urban Indian patients.

I appreciate the fact that at this first legislative hearing that the Committee has held this year that it encompasses these very important topics that we are speaking of today regarding the health and protection of Native children.

S. 1895, the Indian Health Services Sanitation Facilities Construction Enhancement Act--that is too long of a title--introduced by Senator Lujan, with Senator Heinrich, Senator Sinema, is focused on addressing the water and sanitation…

I just want to acknowledge, and again when we think about health disparities, so many of the other contributing factors that are at play.