Tina Smith actually said...

"Thank you, Chair Schatz and Vice Chair Murkowski, for holding this hearing today."

"This place that is now called Minnesota is the ancestral home of the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, and other indigenous people, who have lived in and cared for this beautiful part of the world for mi..."

"It is important to understand the government-to-government relationship between Minnesota tribes and the Federal Government."

"I take this work seriously, because I have heard time and again from tribal leaders who have been frustrated by policy decisions being made without Native voices at the table."