May 20, 2019
If that barrier exists--if I may, Ms. Bird--how can the individual, through individual grit, get over that barrier?
Raúl Grijalva
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Raúl Manuel Grijalva is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 3rd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, Grijalva has been an advocate for environmental protection, education, and healthcare reform throughout his tenure in Congress. He has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives, particularly those aimed at addressing climate change and promoting social justice.
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May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating).
May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to address a point that was brought up during the debate on this bill, that the Mashpee Tribe will not lose its Federal recognition if H.R. 312 does not pass. That is true. We have…
May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, when a Tribe applies to have land taken into trust through the Department of the Interior, local concerns are already strongly considered, even more so when the land is located away from existing reservation lands. However, I…
May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, for 10 years, the Carcieri decision has caused anxiety and confusion in Indian Country, creating dangerous legal ambiguities related to Indian trust lands. Today, we can finally end all that. We can remove the ambiguity and…
May 15, 2019
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 375) to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes. The…
May 15, 2019
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, 10 years ago, the Supreme Court handed down what is known as the Carcieri decision. In that decision, the Court determined that trust land acquisition under the…
May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gallego), my colleague and chair of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 312. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…
May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 377, I call up the bill (H.R. 312) to reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the…
May 15, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 312, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act, will reaffirm the trust status of Mashpee's Tribal land and protect the Tribe from further attacks on…
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