I strongly support the parity created by the Tribal Stafford Act for tribal and State governments and their concurrent ability to seek disaster assistance directly from the President.

How does that happen all of a sudden with an agency like the EPA, because they happened to be the agency that caused the problem?

This is unacceptable to me.

The Federal Government response to Gold King has been one of the most frustrating things I have seen the Navajo Nation go through in my time in Congress.

Tribal disaster declaration authority is critical to tribal governments across the country.

It seems to me one of the issues here is the issue if EPA is supposed to be the lead, is EPA, in your opinion, capable of being lead in a disaster?

I am asking this Committee to hold EPA's word and let them compensate every one of our farmers that has been hurt.

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Thank you. With that, I will yield the floor momentarily, and I may be back in a minute or two. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to…