"We believe H.R. 3371 represents another important step in that process."
"Thank you for being here. I yield back."
"the legislation referencing the conferring with UIOs that would apply department-wide to HHS, not just to Indian Health Services, a department-wide confer policy that would be looking at improving hea..."
"H.R. 630 is a bill that passed on suspension in the House with bipartisan support last session, didn't make it through the gauntlet at the Senate as they were putting their final package together."
"The Biden administration has previously testified before this Committee in support of returning traditional and sacred sites to tribes."
"But legislation that addresses lands, like the Wounded Knee legislation, for example, I think it is important because it represents not only the Department of the Interior's act to solidify that conne..."
"I think you could say the same thing for New Mexico."
"The tribal proposal is a by-product, a very direct by-product of the toxic legacy that uranium mining inflicted on those areas."
"It creates a balance. It is a necessary balance."
"We want to be at the table and not the menu."
"the republican budget, or the illusion of a budget, which calls for a 22 percent cut"