Dusty Johnson

The bill that, Madam Chair, thank you, that is before the members attempts to streamline some of this bureaucracy

It is an honor to have both she and Ms. Vogel here. They have just been tireless advocates for Indian Country.

We commend the emphasis this bill places on designing new BIA systems and streamlining existing processes.

It is really hard to do that if you don't have a roof over your head and a stable living situation.

This trust responsibility should not impede tribal members' ability to utilize their property rights to achieve their dreams of homeownership.

Native people should be able to enter mortgage transactions just as any other citizen in this country.

This is not acceptable. Congress should be working to address housing insecurity on reservations and uphold our commitment to Indian Country.

This bill attempts to shave off some of the most jagged edges of that bureaucratic delay.

It is much worse. It is much more dire.

The idea that people can make a better life for themselves, it is really hard to do that if you don't have a roof over your head and a stable living situation.

Mr. Chairman, I think we all know a lot of politicians who will be whatever you want them to be.

While we may not have a large population, we do have a robust agricultural economy--one that depends on rural communities having the tools they need to grow and thrive.

I think the 2018 Farm Bill made a lot of good progress in those areas.

Programs offered by USDA Rural Development are crucial in helping rural areas develop and attract new economic opportunities.

We are pleased that Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) has introduced H.R. 3371 to place this sacred land in restricted fee status and to protect the land from alienation and outside interference and control.

One of the reasons that it is important for us to honor this site is that there are still real, living connections to the terrible actions that were taken that day.

Success has many mothers and many fathers and, of course, that is true for this bill, as well.

It is altogether appropriate for the Federal Government to step up in partnership to try to make sure that this sacred site is protected.

To correct this minor but very consequential mistake, the bill before you today strikes the 'State of Oregon' in text that states that the claims are extinguished for all claims to lands within the state of Oregon, and replaces it with…

This is an important step for the healing of the people of our Oceti Sakowin.

We believe H.R. 3371 represents another important step in that process.

Our people have grieved for well over a century the loss of life and the genocidal attack on our people and our way of life that took place at Wounded Knee.

Our South Dakota Congressman, Dusty Johnson, offered this bill to restore the lands to 'Indian country' status with reference to our 1868 Treaty.

Dusty Johnson offered this bill to restore the lands to Indian Country.

We must understand our history, especially when it is as horrific as the massacre was, so we do not repeat it.