José E. Serrano: “I have spent a whole career, 44 years, telling people, and the Chairman knows this, that the territories are part of the…”

The United States owes us a financial debt, an obligation to fund the tribal governments to ensure our continued health, education, and well-being.

I respectfully request that the committee commit to an ever-greater appropriation for the CSO Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2021.

This year, we will hear from a bipartisan group of Members, all of whom will be asking for further investments by this subcommittee.

Tribal sovereignty should not be subjugated to States by having to receive our Federal funding through grants or set asides administered by States.