Joe Garcia: “I tend to think of the American worker as the greatest worker in the world. They are certainly the most productive…”

If the BIE doesn't even respond to the Navajo, how in the world do I expect them to... talk to the tribal leaders in the small communities?

I am encouraged by Committee Chairman DeFazio's announcement last week of a transformational five-year, $760 billion investment in infrastructure.

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.

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