"Our own country allowed children to die in federally funded schools as we have heard today."
"It is undeniable that these events have led to intergenerational trauma."
"H.R. 5444 will establish a much-needed Commission to formally investigate and document the stories of survivors and the human rights violations that occurred against these American Indian, Alaska Nati..."
"It is absolutely necessary. It is why we worked with this bill to make sure that this information comes to the boarding school survivors and their families and Tribal Nations and organizations who wor..."
"We owe it to our tribal brothers and sisters to do everything that we can to face a wrong, to right or wrong."
"this bill is about bringing out those stories, finding the information, getting the information you need"
"we must dedicate ourselves to look at how do we address the wrong and move forward"
"the reason to do this is to create a better future for all of those grandchildren"
"I am very appreciative of your mega construction project program that will have contractors and subcontractors make sure they create those jobs and invite our underrepresented workers, and that we als..."
"One of the things I love in those Federalist Papers is that they say that Congress should be a perfect mirror portrait of what America is."
"We know that is not how we do stuff here. So instead of litigation, we had legislation."
"Those range from closing polling places in Black and Latino communities, which would make those lines longer and much longer than the 30 minutes that we have proscribed in our act."