Melanie Stansbury: “We know you traveled at great lengths to get here, and we are really grateful that you are able to be with us.”

I don't even know if I can dignify a response to the things that I have heard here this morning. Perhaps we will do another showerhead resolution or utilities or something like that. But it is very clear that there is a war in the Middle…

it is Earth Day tomorrow, and yet here we are today in front of the House Chamber with yet another bill attacking our fundamental environmental health bills. Mr. Speaker, I stand here in strong opposition to H.R. 6387, the FIRE Act, but…

“They initiated tribal outreach during the government shutdown when the Bureau of Indian Affairs was not even staffed and operable,”

So what this bill would do is study the current formula funds that are allocated per student to these tribally controlled schools to evaluate how to increase funding per student, how to address increasing teacher and staff pay, and how to…