Deb Haaland

The underfunding of tribal law enforcement and justice systems directly contributes to Native Americans experiencing one of the Nation's highest rates of crime and victimization in the United States.

The Federal government must stop funding States to educate our youth according to State standards.

I am pleased to be leading a bipartisan bill in the House to authorize advanced appropriations for the Indian Health Services.

The funding needs of American Indians and Alaskan Natives on reservations and in urban areas must be a priority to begin to work towards fully honoring the Federal government's unique government-to-government relationship and trust…

We ask you to protect funding for the Department of Energy's Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program.

New Mexico has some of the worst poverty rates in the Nation. In fact, half of our population is Medicaid eligible.

There was mentioned before that, you know, soon we will be the ancestors, and are our future children going to say that our ancestors made the good choice for me like our ancestors made good choices for us to be here today.

What does this mean? When we talk about evidence-based practices and the practices that we are supposed to implement within our tribal clinics, the evidence that is gathered for these practices don't actually represent us.

We are asking for a $24 million line item ask to support the tribal task.

I urge you to make equitable and non-discretionary Federal funding available directly to tribal nations.

I urge the committee to provide robust funding for victim advocates in state courts, especially for indigenous people experiencing this more than normal, higher rate of sexual assault and domestic violence in urban locations.

I want to thank you for the expanded Medicaid and Medicare. It has been an absolute help on our reservation.

I urge you to fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund at the newly-reauthorized $900 million level to conserve irreplaceable lands and improve outdoor recreation.

Congress must not take our treaty and trust responsibilities lightly.

The shutdown illustrated the importance of providing funds to Indian Country in some form of advance.

We are asking for a $95 million line item increase for the urban Indian health programs.

If one group of people on this planet knows how to stretch the dollar, it is us.

This cannot be the only place in America where Americans citizens who have, under treaty rights, been promised their healthcare do not have it available to them.

Great nations like great men should keep their word.

We are not battling an opiate epidemic. We are battling a trauma epidemic.

I urge you to support the swift transition to clean energy and away from dirty fossil fuels that damage public health and our public lands.

The funding has never been adequate and everybody knows that. It will never be adequate.

I believe we all sitting in these seats and at this table are here because we want to be and that people believe in us to make that choice for them.

The Indian healthcare delivery system still spends only 40 percent of the national average per patient.

I wanted to let you know that the Urban Indian Health Institute is funded through IHS for just under $400,000 a year.