Pete Stauber

Unfortunately, the Democrat Majority seems content in letting this settlement agreement collect dust as many Navajo households struggle to access a reliable water supply.

I wish to express disappointment in the Committee Majority for refusing to act on S. 886, the Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act.

Let's provide our Native children with the education they need and deserve by following the guidelines of the Bureau and getting them safely back into their schools.

I was proud to support the Great American Outdoors Act, which was signed by President Trump earlier this year.

Today marks my first appearance as a member of the House Natural Resources Committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing. I appreciate it.

The AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school.

We know that the Small Business Administration was really given a nearly impossible task.

In times of unprecedented disasters, it is critical that we come together to leverage the immense power and capability of the American workforce to help pull our country through crisis.

The events of this year have underscored the fragility of our medical preparedness as a Nation.

Invoking the DPA is not a step to take lightly.

Rural broadband, it is not a luxury anymore. It is a necessity for people.

Every household matters, whether you are in Grand Marais, Baudette, Minnesota, or Willmar, Minnesota, rural areas, they matter.

Do not forget about us. Our rural hospitals, our rural schools are just as important, and we need to protect that.

We want our small businesses to be the engine of our economy, and to hear you say that it is a green light for change for us.

The steel dumping, this administration stopped the steel dumping which was cheap and brittle steel to the best made steel in the world.

I would much rather get those minerals from our home state of Minnesota than from other governments, such as China.

We want to supply the copper for the windmills. And the nickel and cobalt for the electric batteries.

The health of our Nation's infrastructure impacts us all regardless of geography or political affiliation.

Businesses and families across America rely on increasingly complex transportation systems, electric grids, and Internet networks to stay connected and competitive.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for holding this timely hearing on an important issue which is our Nation's infrastructure.

Proposed mines such as PolyMet and Twin Metals are on the table now and trying to get permitted.

The bottom line is the best legislation comes from you folks, and to hear this in the Small Business.

We are here, and should be here, to make sure that Main Street America, and as I say, Main Street Minnesota, succeeds.

Congress should not perpetrate this inequity.