WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands issued the following statement by Assistant Secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 14, 2022, on the Advancing Tribal Parity on Public Land Act (H.R. 8108) and the Tribal Cultural Areas Protection Act (H.R. 8109): * * * My name is Bryan Newland, and I am the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior (  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands issued the following testimony by Arizona Farm Bureau President Stefanie Smallhouse involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 14, 2022, on the Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act (H.R. 8719): * * * Chairman Neguse, Ranking Member Fulcher, and members of the committee: I want to thank you for inviting me to speak today. My name is Stefanie Smallhouse. My husband and I currently own and ope  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands issued the following testimony by Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 14, 2022, on the Great Bend of the Gila Conservation Act (H.R. 8719): * * * Chairman Grijalva, Chairman Neguse, Ranking Member Fulcher and members of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on b  more