"No one in Puerto Rico wants independence, nor continue to be confused with political status alternatives which do not fit within the U.S. constitutional framework."
"Consider as constitutionally viable only to start holding hearings on how the American Citizens residents of Puerto Rico can have equal rights and government by the consent of the governed."
"I am not against those other regions, but we always hear that we need to reinvent our economy in the coalfields of central Appalachia."
"Your leadership in developing the Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2) to address our nation's failing infrastructure has been instrumental in laying the groundwork to Build Back Better."
"Prepared statement of."
"The Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on H.R. 1884, the 'Save Oak Flat Act,' introduced by Representative Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona."
"This bill will repeal Section 3003 of the NDAA and protect the sacred site for future generations."
"I have been introducing the Save Oak Flat Act to uphold what I believe is essential, the Indigenous peoples' rights to protect the lands."
"H.R. 1884--the Save Oak Flat Act...uphold Indigenous peoples' rights and protect the lands many tribes in Arizona consider sacred."
"This area was utilized and occupied for the past 1,500 years from the pre-Classic Hohokam to the present."
"The environmental damage Resolution Cooper can have on this area impacts tribes in Arizona and the water sources of the local community."
"We have witnessed this foreign mining company destroy an Indigenous sacred site in Australia."