It is the right thing to do.

If BLM lands are withdrawn around our allotments, that means oil and gas companies cannot access our lands.

Do you believe that these internal policies should supersede legal and moral obligations to consult with Indian tribes?

It is a carefully thought-out community that our ancestors planned and executed over centuries.

Our voices should and must be heard equally along with the environmental special interest groups.

We are incredibly thankful that Chairman Grijalva is championing this issue.

Companies will simply be discouraged from developing the minerals on my behalf because it just doesn't make sense economically or technologically.

I am disappointed that the Department of the Interior, which is supposed to manage our mineral rights in trust to the benefit of my family and all other allottees, has stopped leasing for a full year.

I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to Chairman Grijalva and Representative Lujan for introducing these bills that preserve the sacred and ancestral lands of the Pueblo people and other Native Americans in those areas, and…

I just would like to emphasize that outdoor recreation is over billions of dollars for revenue in New Mexico.

Closer to home for me, the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019 would permanently protect the integrity of sacred sites in and around the Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

However, recent actions by this Administration suggest they may be seeking to end this moratorium, exposing tribal communities and Arizonans to the dangerous impacts of uranium mining.