Deb Haaland actually said...

"I ask today that you uphold Secretary Haaland's important decision to protect a small part of our homelands."

"But legislation that addresses lands, like the Wounded Knee legislation, for example, I think it is important because it represents not only the Department of the Interior's act to solidify that conne..."

"Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American Secretary, has made restoration of tribal homelands one of her top priorities."

"We will follow the law to the best of our ability."