Natural Resources
As an attorney, I fought to return control of natural resources to local entities, not far-away federal bureaucrats. I am honored to serve on the Natural Resources committee to continue this work from the halls of Congress. I also have the privilege of chairing the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, working with tribal and territorial leaders on issues important to their communities.
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America's territories and compacts with the Freely-Associated States in the Pacific are critical to America's ability to ensure freedom of navigation and project power throughout one of the world's most important shipping and geopolitical areas.
In order to ensure global economic security and regional stability, it is vital that we strengthen our partnerships and forward-deployed assets in the face of growing Chinese ambition
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a legislative hearing last week on six bills focused on various solutions related to Indian Country health care, land ownership, and hunting and fishing rights. Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-WY) released the following statement in response:
The San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe may finally get its own reservation after nearly two centuries of fighting for its homelands.
EXCLUSIVE: The president of the Navajo Nation told Fox News Digital that he has ordered the tribe's attorney general to weigh legal action following the Biden administration's oil-leasing ban impacting Navajo citizens.
Leaders of the Navajo Nation, a federally-recognized tribe in the southwest, are heavily criticizing the Biden administration for its action last week banning oil and gas leasing impacting their citizens.
On the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, which straddles the border between North and South Dakota, people line up at 6 a.m. in the freezing winter, hoping to get one of just four dental appointments.
“If you don’t get those four, you’re out, you don’t get it,” said Janet Alkire, chairwoman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, who described the scene at an April hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
And the lack of adequate medical care extends well beyond dental care, she told lawmakers.
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources launched a bipartisan Indo-Pacific Task Force including delegates from Guam, CNMI, and American Samoa to examine the region's issues.
This week, the Indian and Insular Affairs subcommittee heard testimony on 6 different legislative proposals that fall under the jurisdiction of my subcommittee. While the content of these bills varies greatly, the intent is the same: righting long-standing errors, oversights, and wrongs committed by the federal government, creating space and opportunity for healing, and honoring those who have suffered. One of the unique ideals of America is the ability to admit and own our past mistakes and find a way to move forward, to continue to pursue the concept of a "more perfect Union".
The Equal Access to Justice Act was intended to help plaintiffs recoup litigation costs from successful suits and settlements with the federal government.
While a noble concept, it has been weaponized by environmental activists to receive de facto funding from federal agencies partial to their cause, handicapping efforts to open up access to national resources and giving activists additional funds to continue their stonewalling tactics.
Instead of admitting fault and acknowledging the deadly impact of offshore wind farms on marine life, NOAA bureaucrats are deflecting blame onto recreational boaters, commercial and charter fishermen, and the maritime transportation industry.