Paul Cook: “I cannot support legislation that will make it harder for families in my district to heat their homes, put food on their…”

Access to natural resources can be a lifeline to prosperity and opportunity for Native communities.

I was absolutely appalled, being the guy that opened the World War II Memorial, when barricades had been rented or purchased and put up in an open air memorial to do nothing but harass the Nation's veterans that put their lives on the line.

I hope the Chairman might join me in requesting a briefing from the Departments of the Interior and Justice to advance our efforts to help bring about a positive resolution to the missing, murdered Indigenous women crisis.

In April, the House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Act, which included many key provisions to protect Native American women.