Harriet Hageman

Every local, state, Federal, and tribal government knows that a diverse economy is healthy and resilient.

I think it is absolutely critical that our tribes take responsibility for their circumstances, and that we also make sure that they have the freedom, the ability, and the resources to do what you need to do in terms of taking care of your…

I truly believe that that is where the success for our tribes and our tribal members are going to come from, it is going to come from you, not the Department of the Interior or the bureaucracy back here.

I am a proud co-sponsor of this legislation, as it allows for greater flexibility while also protecting development and recreational activities when there is no correlation between those activities and the health of a particular species.

The current failure to defend Federal borderlands and secure the southern border is impacting you.

The Federal Government funding universities, funding companies to develop these tools that allow censorship at a broader scale.

The only President who I am aware of who actually assassinated American citizens was President Obama.

The attempted weaponization of the Federal Government during the Trump Administration, or even more frightening, the extreme weaponization of the Federal Government that the former President has told us he will do if he is reelected.

The upscaling of AI technology can provide censorship operations.

As for kids in cages, again, that was President Obama.

I appreciate that information because I think mapping and understanding what is there is absolutely critically important in terms of knowing where we go from here.

I am disappointed in BIA's absence, as their involvement in these discussions is critical to finding workable solutions.

Giving tribes more control and sovereignty over the lands will continue to be a priority of mine on this Committee.

I am also proud of the bill that we were able to pass out of this Subcommittee and the Committee addressing the Winnebago lands along the Missouri River.

I think that could be something that could be helpful at funding future land purchases, so you don't have to come back to this body to be able to move more quickly and address a specific parcel.

The Land Buy-Back Program spent $1.69 billion to reduce land fractionation on reservation lands.

I feel that so much of the work that our agencies do is to create barriers rather than to create roadmaps.

I especially appreciate the comment that we need to be interpreting regulations and statutes in favor of the tribes.

Congress sometimes doesn't always act as quickly as you would think or that you would want.

I am proud of the fact that the Wounded Knee Memorial bill came out of this Committee, has gone to the House, and I am hoping that we can get that through.

Congress formally ended and repudiated the failed policy of allotment with the Indian Reorganization Act in 1934, but the impacts are still felt today.

Land fractionation is the result of the policies implemented by the Federal Government for American Indians during what we refer to as the Allotment Period.

The purpose of today's hearing is to hear from tribal leaders, and originally from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, about land fractionation, land consolidation, and the challenges that Indian tribes and individual Indian landowners face as a…

If H.R. 6062 becomes law, Congress will lose part of its oversight authority.

Your testimony reflects the fact that you receive them with warm embrace, but you do not want to suffer the economic impacts without the assistance of the United States.