Brian Schatz

For the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes beginning at 11:30 a.m. and two rollcall votes at 2:15 p.m. ____________________

It is hard to bring jobs and to bring economic development to any community that can't guarantee reliable water for business.

S. 4870, introduced by Senators Padilla and Feinstein, would quantify the Tule River Tribe's Surface Water Rights.

I want to thank my colleague Senator Lujan and I started on the analogous House Committee many years ago.

Senator Heinrich's bills, S. 4896 and S. 4898, would ratify the agreements that the Jemez and Zia Pueblos...

This legislation would fully settle the claims of the Pueblo of Laguna and the Pueblo of Acoma in the Rio San Jose Basin as well as the claims of the Pueblo of Jemez and the Pueblo of Zia in the Rio Jemez Basin.

Senator Lujan, of course, is a cosponsor of both bills.

It is essential that we support the needs of our Indigenous communities.

The failure of the United States to ensure that these Pueblos could use the water that they have always owned has reverberated throughout generations.

I raise a point of order that the pending amendment violates section 4106 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, H. Con. Res. 71, of the 115th Congress, the Senate pay-as-you-go point of order. Vote on Motion to…

This leasing requirement would be in addition to the leasing that is already required by this bill, with 75 percent of offshore leased acres not yet being used to produce oil and gas. Opening up more acres to leasing is unnecessary. The…

The planet is on fire. We have no choice at all about this.

I think it’s like an A-minus. I think it’s very good.

This gets us 40 percent of the way to our targets, which is a 40 percent reduction in emissions by 2030.

The claims of Bettie Ligon and the other litigants was a just cause and deserved to have their day in court

This hearing is about justice and recognition for the tribes involved.

This Congressional Commission will bring together boarding school survivors, tribal representatives, along with experts in education, health, and children and families.

This legislation will create a Congressional Commission to locate and analyze the records from the over four hundred known Indian boarding schools.

These 1,000 acres are the heart of the Karuk's ancestral territory, literally the center of the universe.

Chairman Schatz, Vice Chairman Murkowski, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the views of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on S. 4439.

This legislation would restore free and undisturbed access for the Karuk people to their sacred places.

We urge the Committee on Indian Affairs and all members of Congress to ensure the authorizing language for S. 2907/H.R. 5444 supports the best truth gathering process.

Please support passage of S. 2907 and H.R. 5444 now.

I urge the Senate to pass S. 2907, which acknowledges the harm done to Native Americans by boarding schools designed to strip them of their cultural heritage.

We are grateful for the opportunity to showcase some of the infrastructure that we have rebuilt in our homelands.