Rubén Gallego

It is our Federal trust responsibility to enter into government-to-government consultations with tribes for making decisions that impact them.

Allowing lobbyists and special interests to drive this Administration's policy toward sovereign tribes is disturbing.

Republicans shouldn't vote for H.R. 312, a special interest casino build backed by Elizabeth Pocahontas Warren.

On May 14, 2019, I, along with Chairman Grijalva and Representative Haaland, sent Secretary Bernhardt a letter expressing our concern...

I, along with Chairman Grijalva and Representative Haaland, sent Secretary Bernhardt a letter expressing our concern...

I urge the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to pass a bi-partisan infrastructure package.

Our country needs more than $4.5 trillion by 2025 to fix our crumbling roads, bridges, train tracks, and dams.

I urge support for the Rehabilitation of Historic Schools Act, H.R. 158.

I understand the current interpretation of the law is that military malpractice is an incident to military service. I mean, that shocks me, as a combat infantry Marine.

The New Mexico congressional delegation introduced legislation to permanently protect the Federal lands around this sacred area.

Chaco Canyon and the Greater Chaco Landscape is a sacred place for tribes throughout the Southwest.

State officials such as Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham are taking the lead, coming up with new ways to reduce the harmful effects of oil and gas development.

The construction and operation of the Tribe's planned casino and resort will create nearly 7,000 jobs.

The establishment of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's reservation has brought the promise of significant economic development.

What tribes are asking for in the Lower 48 and in Alaska is to be cooperating agencies from the start of that EIS document being started to the end of it so that they have the opportunity for true consultation to get their concerns in.

If you don't understand what the impact is, how can you say it is actually going to affect Rhode Island? You are just guessing.

I want to thank the sponsor of this legislation, the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Keating, for being here to testify.

Consultation requirements should be clear and should have the force of the law.

I think it is a particularly sad statement that 400 years later they still have to defend against the attack on their lands.

Enacting H.R. 375 would restore clarity and stability for all federally recognized tribes, regardless of their date of recognition.

The acquisition of trust land for the benefit of Indian tribes is essential to tribal self-determination, economic development, and the protection of tribal lands for generations to come.

H.R. 375, sponsored by Representative Tom Cole, would amend the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 to give the Secretary of the Interior the power to take land into trust for all tribes regardless of the date of the tribe's recognition.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act reaffirms the trust status of the lands of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts.

A legislative fix is necessary to ensure that we are fulfilling one of our country's most important obligations to Indigenous communities.

I think I just want to reiterate what many of my other colleagues, both on the right and the left side of me, have said in regards to how disturbed we are that money is going to be taken without legislative approval for projects from the…