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.

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

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

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…

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

H.R. 6273, sponsored by the gentleman from Guam, Mr. Moylan, the Guam Host Community Compensation Act would extend annual Compact Impact Grant funding.

For years, we have sounded the alarm about the crisis at our southern border. Yet, this can no longer be called a crisis. What we face is an existential threat to our Nation, and it is a threat enabled by the Biden administration. Since…

Today, the Subcommittee is meeting to consider two bills, H.R. 6062 and H.R. 6273.

I want to recognize and thank Mr. Moylan for allowing the COFA agreements to move forward, and for bringing us this bill.

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

H.R. 6062, sponsored by my colleague, Mrs. Radewagen, would give the Secretary of the Interior the sole authority to approve amendments to the American Samoa Constitution.

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.

I thank my colleague for yielding me this time. I rise in favor of S.J. Res. 38 to rescind the Biden administration's careless rule, which waives Buy America requirements for federally funded EV charging infrastructure projects. Instead of…

It should come as no surprise that this administration, known for its reckless spending and misuse of congressionally appropriated money, has resumed the Obama-era practice of redirecting settlement funds away from the American people and…

I have long expressed concern with the sue-and-settle process, where third parties enter litigation in hopes of reaching a certain outcome.

I think that we have energy problems throughout the world, frankly. And I think that for us and this country, I think we have great opportunity if we don't squander it like removing the lower Snake River dams.

Almost every policy that this Administration pursues results in energy poverty.

My solution also addresses parcels offered at auction that receive no bids: the nominating company pays the EOI fee.

The cold, hard fact is that we are experiencing rising energy costs due to a forced energy transition in Wyoming right now...