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 also the irreplaceable resources they hold.
Haaland expresses gratitude for bills protecting Native American lands.
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We absolutely want to always work together with tribes and local communities.
Our over 500 wildlife refuges, as you know, play an important role in conservation.
Yet, here we find ourselves today in a hearing where my colleagues are trying to manufacture a scandal tying Secretary Haaland to environmental groups.
I think its fair to say that, even to this day, no one knows my homelands better than its original stewards and their descendants;
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