The TOXIC Act will help us restore the long-term health of our ecosystems, restrict the cross-border flow of toxic contaminants, protect public health and consumers, and support regulated cannabis businesses that comply with the law.

I thank the Chair for including the TOXIC Act in today's hearing, as well as Mr. LaMalfa for partnering with me to introduce the bill.

the idea of 'trust land' is not normal and should be fixed to recognize that our Nation is the owner of our lands

For 50 years, the official policy of Congress has been to support tribal sovereignty and self-determination.

what the government has done to us and our lands has been to create a mess.

the federal government's role should be to protect our lands against sale and external taxation and regulation

As long as the present mining law exists, the legislation we are talking about today, it only makes matters worse.

The TAP American Energy Act is a fossil fuel industry wish list.

no question that our 150-year-old mining laws need reform.

the mining industry uses up our public lands, ignores tribes' concerns, spills their toxic waste into our communities and waterways, and leaves their messes for the rest of us to clean up . . . the Republicans' bill does nothing to solve…

We believe that tribes deserve to be meaningfully consulted before development happens on their ancestral lands.