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.

H.R. 3579, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, seeks to cut through red tape from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that has slowed down the processing of mortgages.

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.

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.

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 of how many miles they are driving, right?

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.

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

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.