WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies issued the following written testimony by Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill involving a hearing on March 8, 2023, entitled "American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Day 1": * * * Thank you for your invitation to testify here today on the views of the Muscogee Nation on the federal funding necessary to be allocated by Congress in order for the US Government to fulfill it  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Abigail Echo-Hawk, executive vice president of the Seattle Indian Health Board, involving a hearing on March 8, 2023, entitled "American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witness Day 1." Echo-Hawk is also the director of the Urban Indian Health Institute. * * * My name is Abigail Echo-Hawk, and I am an enrolled citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma,   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.J. Res. 27, a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) on the Biden Administration's "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule. The legislation was introduced by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (RNC), House Agriculture Committe  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) made the opening statement and questioned witnesses during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In his remarks, Mullin, the Ranking Member of the Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee, highlighted the need for immediate clarity and assurance  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following Capitol Report column on March 10, 2023: * * * Partnering with the American People When I became Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, I promised that I'd partner with the American people to deliver solutions to the many crises facing families, farmers, and millions of working-class Americans. That's why I brought the Ways and Means Committee to Yukon, Oklahoma, last week to hear directly from working America  more