Indian Country has paid it forward, and I will repeat that: Indian Country has paid it forward.
I respectfully request that the committee commit to an ever-greater appropriation for the CSO Grant Program in Fiscal Year 2021.
Federal Indian funding should not be discretionary or subject to political discourse of Congress.
Tribal sovereignty should not be subjugated to States by having to receive our Federal funding through grants or set asides administered by ...
the base funding for the BIA is going to be a big issue for us.
An increase in funding of the scale I recommend might impinge on other priorities.
The United States owes us a financial debt, an obligation to fund the tribal governments to ensure our continued health, education, and well...
the need of Indian Country is probably north of $200 billion. That is a big gap.
Thank you, Chairperson Lofgren and Members of the Committee, for having this important conversation and challenging the Smithsonian to be mo...
We need a Latino museum, and we need it soon.
Sixteen years in the State Assembly and 30 in Congress, probably enough.