Deb Haaland

This issue affects communities across our country including at Kirtland Air Force Base which is in my district.

New Mexicans deserve clean water to raise their families, grow their businesses, and support agriculture, but harmful chemicals have taken a toll in our communities.

PFAS presents a clear and present danger to our children, to our farmers, and environment as a whole.

And based off the Interior's decision to re-open in-person learning as soon as possible and oversight of basic COVID issues impacting Native students, do you think there is a general disconnect between the Interior and what is actually…

If tribes do not have access to wireless networks over a majority of their lands, how does the Interior's technology platform contradict itself?

Childcare is a vital part of economic recovery. I know what it is like to struggle to make ends meet as a parent. I raised my daughter, Somah, on my own. And as a single mother working my way through law school, it was very hard to find…

I hope today's hearing will lead us down a relentless path toward swift military justice reforms.

I am deeply saddened and disturbed to hear about the loss of Specialist Vanessa Guillen.

I can say that gas at this moment is much better than the system oil and efficiency petroleum gas.

Included in this en bloc are my amendments to protect indigenous communities in Brazil and to remove negative perceptions and stereotypes about pregnant military members that lead to ill-treatment that disadvantage their careers and well…

I believe very strongly that going to the people in our respective tribes who know how to help us...

I have experienced it. I have helped my daughter through it.

I absolutely believe that generational trauma is something that plagues our people.

Thank you for your question, Representative Haaland.

It is not so-called, it is real, and all of us are going to have a chance to deal with it in the near future.

There are some important points. Renewable alternative energy is, like it or not, an inevitability for this Nation.

I am really proud of the fact that every single one of our witnesses talking about environmental justice is a woman.

the health impacts of being on the fence lines of these facilities are extremely detrimental.

And to say that the straits that those companies find themselves in is all a consequence...is disingenuous at best.

I think it is a success story that other people across the Nation could learn from, and her leadership and the coalition that she was a part of took this environmental justice issue of great significance to that community and, with…

I am proud of the work done by this Committee to address environmental justice, led by our Full Committee Chair, Raul Grijalva, and our Subcommittee colleague, Representative McEachin.

Thank you. Yes, we absolutely need to have mandatory action.

Along with my colleague, Representative McEachin, as the Chairman indicated at the beginning of the meeting, we want to introduce the Environmental Justice For All Act.

Our justice system has been biased: slavery; the Trail of Tears; blankets laced with smallpox; Jim Crow laws; and, recently, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Justice has never been just for everyone, but only for some people. The barriers…

We must ensure the systems we utilize to administer discipline are fair and just for everyone.