Bruce Westerman: “Westerman Blasts ESA Rules That Reverse Critical Reforms.”

Mr. Speaker, S. 723, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Thune, would establish firm timelines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to review and approve residential and business mortgage…

Had the administration acted according to the Indian Reorganization Act or its own orders, its leadership and staff would have made allowance for the fact that the ICAS [the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope], alongside many other…

I would submit that a recipe for disaster is when an administration goes out on their own, goes around the laws that Congress passed, and implements bad rules on their way out the door and expects no repercussions from that. I would say a…

I extend my most sincere congratulations to Hot Springs local Dub Ballard on his 100th birthday. Reaching such a remarkable milestone is an achievement in itself, but the life Dub has lived is especially worthy of recognition. Mr. Ballard…