Joe Garcia: “I think our system is broken, has been broken, and we need to do something to fix and address.”

That is the binding contract the United States entered into with Tribes, and from those treaties and other laws has arisen the United States' sacred trust responsibility to the Indian Nations and our peoples.

Regardless of what you say, this Administration is bulldozing through and desecrating sacred sites with little to no consultation with the tribes.

I look forward to working with the members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to ensure that Federal transportation policies...honor the Nation's treaty and trust responsibilities to Tribes.

I ask this committee to empower Tribal Government in the next reauthorization measure by giving Tribes the resources they need.