Peter DeFazio actually said...

A Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program will streamline delivery of Federal funds to tribes while easing administrative burdens.

The death rate on Indian lands in terms of pedestrians and driving accidents is horrible, and the state of the infrastructure is abysmal.

We are still trying to pry money out of a number of Federal agencies to deal with that.

Funding for the Territorial Highway Program has fallen steadily as a proportion of overall funding for the last decade.