Tina Smith

I just do not understand that, because we know that the health of our babies is the number one thing that we should be paying attention to.

This market, as you were saying, is broken. It does not function as it needs to function.

This is something that I have learned from Senator Warren, who is such a strong advocate for this.

I just think that is the wrong choice.

I just do not understand that, because we know that the health of our babies is the number one thing that we should be paying attention to.

This market, as you were saying, is broken. It does not function as it needs to function.

This is something that I have learned from Senator Warren, who is such a strong advocate for this.

We are choosing to do other things rather than fund a childcare system that works for Minnesota and American families, and I just think that is the wrong choice.

This market, as you were saying, is broken. It does not function as it needs to function.

I just do not understand that, because we know that the health of our babies is the number one thing that we should be paying attention to.

Issues around zoning and land use and building codes are often dealt with at the local level

We need to think, I believe, about how the Federal Government can be--make sure that our incentives are aligned in the right way

Issues around zoning and land use and building codes are often dealt with at the local level, and we need to think, I believe, about how the Federal Government can be--make sure that our incentives are aligned in the right way.

I very much appreciated your testimony, as you reviewed some of the history of the illegal land transfers which is, of course, as you pointed out, part of the long legacy of taking land from the Ojibwe people in this place that is now…

I first want to thank Senator Smith and this Committee for your efforts to enact the Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Act.

Thank you so much, Chair Schatz and Vice Chair Murkowski, for holding this hearing today and including my bill, the Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Technical Corrections Act of 2023.

I very much appreciated your testimony, as you reviewed some of the history of the illegal land transfers which is, of course, as you pointed out, part of the long legacy of taking land from the Ojibwe people in this place that is now…

I first want to thank Senator Smith and this Committee for your efforts to enact the Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Act.

Thank you so much, Chair Schatz and Vice Chair Murkowski, for holding this hearing today and including my bill, the Leech Lake Reservation Restoration Technical Corrections Act of 2023.

We need to ensure that our policies reflect the needs of Native peoples.

This is the American dream, and it is also the way that most people build wealth and grow a safe, secure life.

Typically they are targeting Black, Brown, and immigrant communities, poor communities, groups that have long suffered from housing discrimination.

The stories that I have heard are heartbreaking and enraging, families targeted, and exploited because of their religion and their inability to get access to a traditional mortgage.

Too often, these contracts are designed to fail.

Everyone wants a safe, decent place to call home. Without this, nothing in your life works--not your job, your health, your education, your family, not anything.