We are about increasing the money that our working families get to take home as well as creating opportunities.

Thank you Secretary Walsh for being the Secretary during the time when we've had the greatest job growth of any President, and in history.

My constituents and I are sick of inaction. The House passed multiple bills to address the gun violence crisis...

honoring our Constitution means that you believe in Congress's role to protect voting for every citizen, regardless of color of skin or size of bank account.

And I haven't heard anybody say anything but that the election was safe and secure.

Our concern is that, you know, these new restrictive laws, in conjunction with just the waves of misinformation that are coming, particularly misinformation targeting Latino voters, are going to discourage those voters.

this Republican tendency to threaten to criminalize a citizen's choice to vote, a citizen's choice, right, to control their own future, which you do by voting, is in stark evidence in Florida and in other States that we have heard about…

the writers of our Constitution were concerned about what States might do to impact everybody's ability to vote and, in some ways, were looking into the future, those writers of our Constitution, and describing what we are seeing in…

So, Ms. Chairman, as you noted, even Governor DeSantis noted that the 2020 election was safe and secure.

I really do believe that we really need to help our children who find themselves in the justice system so that instead of having their future stripped away, we can help reignite their dreams and aspirations.

Last week, I was approached by Larry Martinez who was there when the Community Service Block Grants first started in New Mexico. He told me that my late father worked tirelessly to secure funds so the State of New Mexico could match this…

It is important to hear the stories. It is important to hear all of your testimony as difficult as it may be testifying here.

Questions Submitted by Representative Leger Fernandez

We owe it to our tribal brothers and sisters to do everything that we can to face a wrong, to right or wrong.

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 worked for the healing and the truth of…

After decades of inaction, we are proud of the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's efforts to jumpstart the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.

It will be important to have funding to develop curriculum to be included in all levels of education.

we must dedicate ourselves to look at how do we address the wrong and move forward

I believe your subcommittee should be granted Subpoena Powers to seek truth and information from those churches.

Thank you, Mr. War Bonnet, for that moving testimony and sharing with us the songs that have helped you in your process.

I believe this is very important so that families have the opportunity to get closure in the cases of children who never returned home.

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 Native, and Native Hawaiians.

I want to thank you for sharing your story with us today and your willingness to be here.

It is undeniable that these events have led to intergenerational trauma.

the reason to do this is to create a better future for all of those grandchildren