I do not know a group of people that oftentimes are more patriotic to this country than DACA recipients.

They serve in our healthcare systems, they serve our elderly, they are nursing home workers, and we are having a hearing today as to why people who are American--they are American--do not deserve healthcare.

Mr. Chair, I was unable to be present for rollcall No. 298 due to the limited voting window made available for members. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 298. Stated against:

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.

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 or flared by operators.

No? So, the company did not pay any fines for the impact of that spill.

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 Pipeline, that stood up against being…

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 is by accident or whether it is by any…

And I think this is something that speaks to a pattern that we have seen in front of this Committee.

So, the spill did occur?