"Make no mistake, I am committed to continuing to working with the Navajo Nation, allottees, and other impacted individuals on the economic challenges of this proposition."
"Thank you so much."
"I would be remiss without mentioning with some of the comments just shared that we have heard Native governments across this country stand up against the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Dakota Access Pipeli..."
"So, the spill did occur?"
"No? So, the company did not pay any fines for the impact of that spill."
"And I think this is something that speaks to a pattern that we have seen in front of this Committee."
"To be clear, the kinds of pollution from that spill and a spill of that magnitude is profound, with highly noxious, hazardous air pollutants and methane that either leaked inadvertently or are vented ..."
"We see this, and it happens not just in this instance but in many others where I have brought this point in front of this Committee, that people deserve to know if they are being poisoned, whether it ..."
"Native people and Indigenous communities have been abused, and have not been respected."
"My hope is that we can work together as a Committee to address some of these injustices, including considering solar royalties for some of these communities."
"The public needs answers."
"It is clearly time to end all new Federal coal leasing on public lands and invest in domestic renewable energy production."