Betty McCollum

Some of our parks were designed for ADA. They weren't designed for strollers. They weren't designed for families.

I want to focus on the Park Service commitment to racial justice and equity and how we can embrace that by expanding our outreach to underserved communities.

You can count on me to do whatever I can to help you with that.

It is a vital important gatekeeper in preventing the next set of dangerous chemicals

We need to have ASAP

We were able to have increases to the important work you do in the Environmental Protection Agency

I think something that has been very frustrating for all of us in a nonpartisan fashion is as we want to move Indian Country forward.

I wish every single school was next in line, but I know you are faced with hard choices.

I am proud, very proud of the increases that this subcommittee provided under the leadership of Chair Pingree for 2022.

I am proud that our fiscal year 2022 bill continued to build upon the increases this subcommittee has provided since taking over the majority in fiscal year 2021 to address the needs of Native Americans and Alaska Natives, preserve the…

I am grateful for the Biden administration for restarting the study on the mineral withdrawals in the watershed.

I appreciate you taking the time to fill us in, and we will look forward to working with you on that program in the future.

I would like to take a second just to focus in on an issue that Chief Francis raised, something I have been working on for 20 years since I got here.

There is no question that our treaty trust responsibilities are not getting the investments that they are obligated to get.

I hear you loud and clear. So, we, as authorizers and appropriators, have a job to do to make sure that tribes have the tools in their toolbox, both in authorization and in appropriations.

Native Americans were displaced from their homelands. They lost their practices.

The tribes had a right to participate on that

The Federal Government to work in a serious partnership with Tribal Nations to manage their resources

Environmental justice for me though doesn't mean just correcting those exposures to toxic pollution that the communities face.

I believe that Congress has to take responsibility for helping all those communities recover.

The health and environmental burdens of the Gulf, fossil fuels and the petroleum industry have disproportionately harmed communities.

We look forward, on the Appropriations Committee of Interior, working with you to advance our trust and treaty responsibilities.

Water is a natural resource. Without water, our lives don't exist.

Democratic Congresswoman Betty McCollum has a bill with 18 co-sponsors to prohibit Israel from using USAID from military detention of Palestinian children, the destruction of Palestinian homes or the annexation of Palestinian lands.

So as we go into Memorial Day, we remember those who died in service to this country, but we thank those, like yourself, who are working to make our environment safer.