Michael L. Connor: “There is nothing more essential than clean and safe water.”

Indian water rights settlements, when they are done right, produce critical benefits for tribes and bring together communities.

If we don't turn around and have a good precipitation year--we're in a 10-year drought cycle in the Colorado River basin--we're looking at the possibility, within a couple years, of having to declare a shortage in the Lower Colorado River…

I think absolutely the IIJA does provide the opportunity and the resources for us to move forward in the bridge project.

Madam Chairman, we have had some challenging policy issues to work through, so I am very pleased that we were able to pass a bill that included critical increases for national parks, tribal programs, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and…