First off, H.R. 3371, that would, as you remember, sir, take 40 acres of the massacre site of Wounded Knee and put it into trust-like status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

In your July hearing, witness after witness talked about the abysmal track record of IHS. It is really unacceptable.

This would cut the red tape that is standing in the way of people being able to secure mortgages in Indian Country, a hugely important step.

H.R. 386, the Mount Rushmore Protection Act, that would prohibit the Federal Government from using any funds to change, remove, or destroy Mount Rushmore.

H.R. 3371, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial & Sacred Site Act, places 40 acres of land into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

H.R. 386, the Mount Rushmore Protection Act, prohibits the federal government from using funds to alter, change, destroy, or remove any face, name, or feature of the memorial.

I would just close, Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ranking Member, by thanking the Committee for being so willing to have me engaged in hearings.

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota. Mr. Davis, I thought one of the most striking parts of your testimony was walking through the fact that by 2026, the deficit in the trust fund is going to be 40 percent a year.

Mr. Johnson of South Dakota. But you talk about expensive infrastructure and privacy. But don't we have those same concerns in a vehicle-miles traveled--I mean, you are going to have technology in the vehicle if it is really on the basis…

I'm not surprised. Tensions and tempers have been running pretty high for the last nine months.

If we don't fix what the foundational problems of the House Republican Conference, the new speaker is just going to be in the same old stupid clown car, but a different driver, that's not going to get it done.

I am very glad that you have taken the chair to preside because I want to talk about something I think is kind of near and dear to your heart. This is something that I passed in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in…

So often around here, we vote on half measures, narrow bills that, at best, address one issue in only a modest way. This is not that bill. This is an opportunity in one vote to shut the border, to keep the government open, and to reduce…

the issue is more of the compliance procedures, not necessarily the wage rates.

Our debt, our deficit, and our spending are indefensible. Three years ago, our national debt was $23 trillion, a staggering sum by any measure. Since then, it has grown by 50 percent to $33 trillion. We have heard allegations tonight from…

It does seem like we should find some common ground on the fact that it should be a lot easier to cite both transportation infrastructure and the kinds of minds that are necessary for us to not be as reliant on China in the future.

In December 1890, Chief Spotted Elk and his band of Lakota, including many women and children, were moving from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the reservation, to the Pine Ridge Reservation. As was mentioned, they were stopped by the…

If Congress continues to underfund the Service, we won't make the progress we need to.

It is clear that the Federal Government has not delivered on its trust and treaty promises to Indian Country.

Indian Country deserves better care. Let's get it to them.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry).

[W]e have a tendency to think about dark days like Wounded Knee as in the ancient past, and we focus so much on those who died, those who were killed, those who were murdered that day, but we also have with us Cedric Broken Nose, who is a…

[W]e have a tendency to think about dark days like Wounded Knee as in the ancient past, and we focus so much on those who died, those who were killed, those who were murdered that day, but we also have with us Cedric Broken Nose, who is a…

We urge Congress to quickly pass this bill and respectfully ask President Biden to sign it into law.

Our Nation has always had a national commitment to infrastructure. Mr. Chairman, that has been true whether it has been the interstate highway system, universal telephone service, or rural electrification. We don't ask each rural county to…