"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 known as Minnesota and across the Country."
"We have a responsibility to support the economic development of Native communities."
"The seller keeps everything, and the person who has been paying in does not have any opportunity for any kind of redress at all."
"So I want to just start out by clarifying a bit about what is happening here with these contracts-for-deed."
"You cannot have balloon payments. You cannot have rapidly increasing monthly payments that basically price people out of an ability to own their own home."
"the reform to the Federal law that the collaborative has accomplished with Senator Tina Smith and other allies on Capitol Hill means that not only Minnesota Tribes will have access to increased Federa..."
"Native housing emerged as a top priority for both of us."
"I would like to thank the Chair of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Senator Tina Smith and Ranking Republican Member Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming, for holding the hear..."
"the reforms to Federal law that the Collaborative has accomplished with Senator Tina Smith and other allies on Capitol Hill means that not only Minnesota Tribes will have access to increased Federal f..."
"If you do not have a safe, decent place to call home, nothing else in your life works."
"S. 462, the 'Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Act of 2023,' sponsored by Committee Members Senators Tina Smith, Lisa Murkowski, and Maggie Hassan, would repay up to $250,0..."