William Redmond

H.R. 4068, the Native American technical corrections bill, contains two important amendments in Section 10 of the bill. Section 10 of H.R. 4068 would amend a section of, and add a new section to, the 1992 Jicarilla Apache Tribe Water…

as a Member from a State representing large Native American populations, I have taken a special interest in helping Native Americans and tribal businesses foster entrepreneurship and rigorous reservation economies. Too often our Nation's…

the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo begins with these words: In the name of Almighty God, the United States of America and the United Mexican States, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily…

the people of New Mexico already thought about that before the gentleman thought about it, because they are very concerned about their neighbors. And if the gentleman will read the bill very carefully, the land that is now private land…

Patriotism, to me, is the spirit and soul of a country. It is what keeps a country together not only through war and hardships, but also through victory and triumph. What else could keep a soldier from losing hope in battle, a disheartened…

I stand in support of H.R. 434, as was introduced by former Congressman Bill Richardson, now Ambassador to the United Nations. Mr. Speaker, the history of the Jemez Mountains Recreation Area dates back to the early 1990's when it was…

1998 is the 130th anniversary of the treaty between the United States of America and the Navajo Nation. In tribute to the Navajo people and the great Nation of the United States, I am going to be presenting the treaty today in its…

1998 is a very significant year in the history of the Navajo Nation. It is the 130th anniversary of the signing of the treaty between the Navajo people and the United States Government. In honor of this 130th anniversary, this week I will…

this vote this morning is concerning keeping our word, our word to those who pay taxes into the Highway Trust Fund for the highways and the bridges that Americans deserve, but it is also about keeping our word to the veterans of the United…

Well I would just say, I would just encourage as many Members as possible to cosign on to the bill. It is a bill 2538; it is called the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Land Grant Claims Commission, and it indeed is a bill written by the…

it is with deep sadness we mourn the loss of our fellow New Mexican, Congressman Steve Schiff. Steve was highly respected in the House of Representatives on both sides of the aisle. Steve was known for his keen mind, his absolute sense of…

We have two distinguished guests with us here in Washington that will testify tomorrow before the subcommittee. The first is kind of the leader of the people of the land grants. He is a leader of the land grant farmers. He has put many…

Basically we are looking for a 5-year commission. We want to establish a research center north of the City of Espanola in Rio Arriba County in my congressional district at the de Onate Center, Don Juan de Onate. Basically what we will do…

Basically the Speaker met with maybe 100 to 200 of the heirs of the land grant, the original land grant. They presented to him approximately 3,000 signatures from the heirs of the land grants. The Speaker was very clear. Of course he is a…

Well, the land grants that were lost to the Federal Government, to the inventory of government land, were lost in various ways. There is not a single way in which the land was lost. But let me give my colleague an example. When New Mexico…

I appreciate the time to share with the House of Representatives today a portion of history that many people have forgotten. This is a story, a story of a people who settled in the American Southwest many years before the pilgrims landed…

I appreciate that. But I think the bottom line, we need to recognize that this is not about land. This is about the integrity of the institution of the government of the United States that stands forward and very boldly says that we hold…

This bill is truly a people bill. We had a rough draft of the bill, we took it to the community. There were about 100, 150 land grant heirs that met at the de Onate Center north of Espanola. They looked at the bill, I asked them is this…

This bill was introduced on January 9, 1997, by my predecessor in the Third District of New Mexico, the Honorable Bill Richardson, current Ambassador to the United Nations. If passed, this bill would provide two simple land conveyances…

Mr. Chairman, 41 years ago, when I was 2 years old, there were Native Americans in the American Southwest who were carrying water in buckets to their homes. Plenty of water ran through their land but there was no way to store it or…

I have campaigned on a vision of a free and a prosperous America, based on the idea that the hard-earned money of American workers belongs to them and their families first. I dedicate my first term in Congress to my parents, John and Mary…