This restriction is called a consent decree. It is an unjust and racist policy that I believe needs to be changed immediately.

This is my first bill that I am bringing up. And I couldn't be more proud to hopefully have this become the first law that I have sponsored, because this is a long time coming.

The Siletz Tribe is deeply grateful to the support from our congressional delegation--particularly Representative Val Hoyle and Senator Jeff Merkley--to right this historic wrong.

Siletz Tribal members should be able to hunt, fish, trap, and gather like they have traditionally done for thousands of years.

H.R. 2839 would allow the Tribe to renegotiate their subsistence agreements with the state of Oregon to replace the current consent decree.

I really, genuinely hope we can move this through. We will have a great celebration when that happens.

This bill would recognize and require that HHS confer directly with the urban Indian organizations about health care policies and initiatives that impact urban American Indians and Alaska Natives, just as IHS does.

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians should be able to hunt, fish, and gather on their ancestral lands just like almost all the other tribes in Oregon and across the county.

I couldn't be more proud to hopefully have this become the first law that I have sponsored, because this is a long time coming.

Our Restoration Act in 1977 was supposed to make us whole again, righting the terrible wrongs of termination.

H.R. 2839 will go a long way toward finally healing those wounds after 43 years.