I come to the floor to join my colleague from Rhode Island. I applaud him for his diligence, making sure this debate happened today, and for his leadership on this issue. It might sound kind of wonky to say there is a group of Senators…

The implementation of the Land Buy-Back Program is critical for restoring tribal sovereignty.

This hearing is to dovetail with our last hearing, which was about the fulfilling of the promise of the Indian Reorganization Act in restoring 90 million acres of land.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a nomination hearing…

each November the President declares this month as National Native American Heritage Month and the Senate dedicates a resolution honoring the Nation's first Americans. As chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, it is my…

A lot of acres, millions of acres were taken from tribes.

The law should not be changed to give non-Indian communities or interested third parties veto power over where (or even whether) newly recognized or restored tribes may acquire land in trust for gaming.

I rise to join my colleagues in highlighting the epidemic of sexual assault in our Nation's armed services, and I am glad to join many of my colleagues here--the Senators from Maine and New Hampshire and our leader, the Senator from…

The Supreme Court's 2009 decision in Carcieri v. Salazar has created two unequal classes of federally recognized tribes.

We cannot allow them to bear a disproportionate burden because of cuts that were never supposed to go into effect in the first place.

We are not really doing a good job in fulfilling the obligations that we have to Indian Country.

the Northwest, the Pacific Northwest, is not going to tolerate any attack on BPA's regional authority.

The trust relationship that exists between the United States and tribe is a relationship built through the United States Constitution, treaties, Federal statutes and a Supreme Court decision.

Our answer is always no or the Administration is coming and try to take the money to offset the budget deficit and the Pacific Northwest answer is no.

Our country's financial troubles are not really stemming from our obligations to Indian Country, and frankly, we're not doing a good job in fulfilling those obligations.

The failure to fully pay for contract support costs is creating a fiscal and human crisis in Indian Country.

I thank the Senator from Minnesota for her leadership on the floor this afternoon. It is great to join her and my other colleagues to talk about the importance of judicial nominees, and in particular today, because today we are talking…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on November 14, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to consider the following legislation: S…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Thursday, November 14, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing…

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you for this important hearing and to bringing up these points about sequestration, because as a state that heavily depends on research...

So we're constantly falling behind, and thereby the immigration issue becomes an active debate.

I just keep, as I go through my State, and we've met many people, there's a former NAACP Chairman, Carl Mack...

I think a few years ago the Chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates, and the Cummins CEO advocated for a very large increase in ARPA-E...