ere killing us during that war andthere is some comparison as native americans, indians are being treated that over the years. talks.ncouraged by the that is very encouraging to me. , i japanese had the airfield was stationed at glottal canal guadal canal. but asber coming ashore it was, it seemed like no one was there. it reminded me of the volcanoes that we have in the united .tates towardot stay very long the main in -- engagement. that isl the about out thisthey cold me they pulled me out. the communication system would go and it is different from this i was up in the first one. they pulled me back because there was only two of us in our division. time, i had an experience the real rough part of it. as we went along, several days later, they tried to counter ridges.he because of the reinforcement. the headquarters was where our and that is across where we had any shortage. .ou stall and you can't move it was for 10 or 11 days, and then we were pulled back out of we secured the island and here come the troops that is the rest of the island. that is what i remember. was the landing part

speaker, more than four out of five american indian and alaskan native women have experienced violence in their lifetime. more than half of the american indian and alaska native women have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime. american indian and alaska native women are almost twice as likely as white women to have experienced violence in the past year. native women face murder rates more than 10 times the national average in some parts of the country. they are also more than twice as likely to experience rape than nonhispanic white women over the course of the lifetime. given these statistics of acts of violence, 96% of american indian and alaska native women who are victims of sexual violence experience violence at the hands of nonnative perpetrators. to reiterate, nearly all the violence committed against native women is committed by nonnatives. mr. speaker, i do not believe the protection of all women and children is or should be treated as a partisan issue. tribal governments through trust and treaty obligations should have the same authority as states to protect women an

land, if we go back in our history, the original settlers came, the original landowners, the native american indians, they were here before we were all here. we talk about delancey street. jimmy harmon was the president of my union, and at this time, what him and mimi wanted to do to delancey street, they started off in pacific heights, and the people in pacific heights said we don't want those kind of people there. they came down to where they're at today, and people feel comfortable with delancey street because they've been there a long time. i understand. living in the community, i think the people in the community, they have a lot of fears. they've got questions -- they're just human beings. they've got a lot of questions about safety, and the unknown makes people scared. we want to be safe. i can understand that. this is something that will probably be settled in the courts. this won't be settled here, it will be settled on the courts. i heard the attacks on my fellow commissioners, and we as commissioners, we're trying to do the best we can. another patron of california, ronald reagan, let's t

in 2010, the attorney general's report on american indian-native alaskan children exposed to violence included the recommendation that congress should restore the inherent authority of american indian, alaska native tribes to assert jurisdiction over persons who commit crimes against american indian and alaska native children. this amendment is a step toward guaranteing that congress keeps american indian, alaska native children and elders safe. congress will restore the inherent authority for the tribes to fully secure the safety of tribal children, elders throughout indian country. i urge my colleagues to protect children and elders by supporting this amendment and i reserve the balance. mr. collins: i rise to claim time in opposition though i'm not opposed. the chair: without objection. mr. collins: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. mr. grijalva: i have no other speakers, i yield back the remained over my time, madam chair. the chair: the question is -- the gentleman from georgia. mr. collins: i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the

the city rolls out a new american indian initiative. >> this is an example of the community speaking its on truth. >> reporter: it was a chance to write a new chapter in native american history, one told from the point of view of those living in. took off for the firsr this morning, in southern . >>> the world's largest airplane took off. >> looks like two. >> it took off in southern california. historic lift off came around 10:00 a.m. >> this plane was built by the rocket company called strato launch. 385 foot wingspan. dual fuselage designed the fly up to 35,000 feet where it can drop satellites that can shoot into orbit. the pilot says the flight was smooth. the plane handled just as would be expected. >> it really does look like two planes just stuck together. >> it does. doing some serious work at 35,000 feet. nc nc ncht. >>> it was a beautiful day for it. >> thanks very much. nhl stanley cup playoff coverage is next. >> see you after the game. >>> bergeron, bergeron! >> you look at them and you have the respect because of what they've done. >> mike e.: history has not been kind to the maple leafs. >> those are the players that you always want and you c

secretary has the duty of making sure that our trust in the treaty responsibilities to american indians and alaska natives are met. it's essential to have the right individual serving in this position. someone who has a record of honoring these critical itsponsibilities and to someone who will approach these duties with only the interests of the american people at the top of his or her agenda. after considering the whole especially the open questions about his actions that have benefited his former clients, i cannot vote to confirm this nominee. his policies are slanted towards private interest and is a former lobbyist for many of the interests, his conflicts are too many. any discussion of this nomination must begin their, by addressing this seriousnt complx interests that he brings to this role and by addressing the ethical cloud that is hanging over this nomination. to put a hold on this nomination until the ethical cloud and if it cannotca be clear. let's talk about a few of them. much has been made of the ethics pledge and whether he has complied with the letter of the law. the law. it's completed at

going on, but my favorite one is grant is also known for trying to do something for the native americans, the indians in that particular time and change the way. so what they did is to, or what grant tried to do is to get some churches involved. but in order to do that, what he did was he appointed somebody over all of the christian missionaries who were guess what religion, denomination that person belonged to? an orthodox jew and he made sure that the christian missionaries were doing the right thing, and get a look at the jonathan sarna book and it is going to explain everything much better than i can. >> thank you. >> and how do you reconcile, and again, i am an avid fan of grant, but how do you rectify that julia owned slaves and her family. >> well, julia came out of st. louis, and it is a national park now basically, and it is near the grant farm, the budweiser thing. but what actually happened, yes. she throughout her life was favorable toward slavery, and he was not. so the best example of grant himself is that there was a situation where we think it is his father-in-law gave him a slave. we

did the 23 & me dna thing like elizabeth warren, making fun of elizabeth warren with her native american indian off as a high energy grandpa who is set in his ways and won't change and kind of clueless. it was funny. ashley: it was funny. the question is of course does all of this prevent him from running. we have already had one guest this morning say absolutely not, he's going to run. liz: the fears we have been hearing on "the evening edit" the show that i host is that trump could win in a landslide if it's bernie sanders. democrats are worried about that. ashley: absolutely. good stuff. >>> now this. california at it again when it comes to taxes. new legislation could put taxpayers on the hook for more than $6.2 billion worth of tax increases and you won't believe what they are taxing. actually, you probably will. it's california. we will tell you next. >>> first, listen to this. a new poll has some good news for president trump. it says most of wall street thinks president trump will get re-elected. stay there. ashley: let's check the big board for you. we have been in the same range now f

budget does not include any funding for the native american rates detection repatriation grants, japanese-american confinement site brands or the american indian and native hawaiian art and culture grants . in hissenate nomination hearing , acting secretary brunner stated i recognize that climate is changing and that man is contributing to that but the department's budget does little to help our parks respond to the impact of our changing climate, something you've been consistently pushed to prioritize by this congress. conservation and protection community and the american public . and the department proposes essentially eliminating the land and water conservation funds, a bipartisan program and is well supported by the majority of americans in which this was just provided with permanent authorization in the last package the president signed into law. i know that members on the subcommittee have a long list of concerns with how the department is protecting our treasured park resources andi do not believe his budget alleviates any of those concerns . rather it only raises further questions about this administrations prioritization of certain u

not one time has any organization besides the american indian movement, native women, missing and murdered women -- i don't know any other organization has brought her name up to let you know that she existed in this world. o! >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. hundreds of native women go missing and murdered in america every year. we would not know about this murder without the family reaching out. why? because there was no investigation done. why? because the abuser called and said it was a sued side. san francisco was outsmarted and responded to a suicide. they left the abuser and his family in her apartment, to sanitize the scene. he was left there, and it was a parole violation that he was even here. so the city responded how it responds to suicides, but we have to look past this because to allow an abuser to be in the apartment with a dead woman who clearly has injuries all over her body do not appear to be self-inflicted, and his would was taken that day and every day since over the word of this community and family who knows that jessica did not kill herself. certainly not

according to federal data, at least 55% of american indian and alaska native women have experienced physical violence in a partner's hands. we're here to make visible the unacceptable and claring disparities that women -- and glaring disparities that women in indian country face when it comes to violence, assault, and abuse. we're here to demand action because there is -- there are things we can can and should do. -- things we can and should do to help survivors. in 2013 the re-authorization of the violence against women's act created special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction. this was critical to holding perpetrators accountable in indian country, but it didn't go far enough. the special jurisdiction limits tribe's prosecuting only crimes committed against intimate partners, not kids or police officers. as a former law enforcement officers and homicide detective, i can tell you that responding to these types of calls were extremely and are extremely dangerous for police officers. within the past three years alone, the navajo nation has lost three officers responding to domestic violen

still claimed by american indians. 1865, thee that by land claimed by american indians was really only about one third of what is today the 48 states. project ofl expropriating land from native people was well underway at the time of the transcontinental railroad. case that there was a large chunk of land right here that the railroad had to traverse. the army got busy about the business of clearing it. this is 5 years later, the land that was still -- this land became settled, established by the army. but these areas appear, these are important to pay attention to. these areas become the military theaters of the indian wars from 1870-1890. this was -- those indian wars from 1870-1890, needed the american colonial project in the west. a sense, the resolution is not very good, but these x's are places where conflicts between indians and the military took place. in the southwest with mostly the apache. wyoming,n montana, between the army and various groups of northern plains tribes like the cheyenne and the s ioux. so, what was the impact? things -- thehe conventional wisdom was the transcontinental railroad did result in the extermination of the buffalo. is strewn.e, that some

sure you understand i was disappointed to see that the budget proposes to eliminate the indian and native american training program within the training administration. you know the unemployment rate and lack of job opportunities in indian country is high so i don't think it makes sense to eliminate rather small funding streams educated and i hope we come to an agreement, maybe that is an issue we can revisit. i'll have questions for you and your proposals to change job core programs and while i support making the program operate more effectively, again operating within your budget, you propose aggressive steps and i want to proceed very cautiously to ensure theprogram can continue to be successful such big changes .i suspect i'm the only person on this panel that lived through the closure of the jobs center in his district and that was a sort of traumatic experience so i would hope my colleagues and their constituents can be spared that. madame chair, thank you very much your indulgence and i yelled back.>> the gentleman would ask a question of the structure. >> you whatever you want, >> will give

we're strengthening protection force native american women because every woman everywhere has the right to live free from abuse. we thank the indian country and native american women for their input on this. aren't we blessed now to have the first time in american history to you native american women serving not congress of the united states -- history tuineiive american women serving in the congress of the united states. they have already made their presence felt. this bill has historically been bipartisan. we're all members to -- urge all members to join us in a strong bipartisan vote in this bill which honors our oath and upholds our values and savings lives. i -- saves lives. again i urge a yes vote and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady from new mexico is recognized. mrs. torres small: thank you. i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized. for one minute. mr. nadler: i rise in support of the gentlelady's amendment. representative torres small's amendment makes it clear that nothing in this bill impacts or changes any obligations

or the american indian and native hawaiian art and culture grants. stated icretary vernor recognize climate is changing contributing but the department's budget does little to help our parks respond to the impacts of changing limits. something you have pushed to prioritize. needed. and the department to eliminate the wind and -- land and water conservation fund, supported by the majority of americans which this congress just provided with permanent authorization. members on the subcommittee have a long list of concerns. ourdepartment of protecting park resources and i did not believe this budget alleviate any concerns. rather it raises further questions about this ,dministration's prioritization certain uses over the health of our public land. i look forward to having and carryingwered how the national park service is managing the lands. will have the reckitt -- recognize the ranking member -- member for his opening statement. the fy 2020o review budget request of the national park service. , i hopector dan smith the chair is validating your parking.

. >> >> she said because her cheekbones were high, that she was an indian, she was native american. >he is kissing the fannies of the poor misunderstood wall street bankers. >> she's not happy. she's the worst. >> donald trump is a two bit con man. >> she has gotten under trump skin. trump does not like being taken on by powerful people, particularly powerful women. >> warren is one of the leading voices of the democratic party today. she's only been a senator for a few years. since 2013. her path to washington has been anything but straightforward. her life is a story of real perseverance and unexpected turns. that narrative starts from the very beginning. >> i was a late in life baby as they used to be called back then. my mother always called me the surprise. i was about 30 before it occurred to me what that meant. >> elizabeth ann herring is born on june 22, 1949, in oklahoma city, oklahoma. she's the youngest of four and the only girl in donald and pauline's family. >> they saw themselves as middle class. people who -- for them, the distinction was they used good english. they di

the proposed budget doesn't include any funding for the native american repatriation grant, japanese-american or american indian culture grant. iand the nomination last week te acting secretary stated i recognize climate is changing and the department budget does little to hel help parks respond to the impacts of changing climate, something you have been consistently pushing to prioritized by this congress. the conservation and protection community and the american public. and the department proposed essentially to eliminate the land and water conservation fund a bipartisan program is well supported by the majority of americans in which this congress just provided with permanent authorization. i know members on the subcommittee has a long list of concerns with how the department is protecting our park resources and i do not believe that it alleviates concerns but rather it only raises further questions about hiabout this administratis prioritization of the certain users over the health of our public lands. i look forward to having our questions answered and to hearing about how the park service is damaging the

secretary has the duty of making sure that our trust and treaty responsibilities to american indians and alaska natives are met. it is essential to have the right individual serving in this position, someone who has a record of honoring these critical responsibilities, someone who will approach these solemn duties with only the interest of the american people at the top of his or her agenda. after considering the whole of mr. bernhardt's record, especially the open questions about his actions that have benefited his former clients, i cannot vote to confirm this nominee. his policies are too slanted towards private interests, and as a former lobbyist for many of these interests, his conflicts are too many. any discussion of this nomination must begin there by increasing the serious conflicts of interest that mr. bernhardt brings to this role, and by addressing the ethical cloud that is plainly hanging over this nomination. i'm rising today to call on the republican leadership to put a halt to this nomination until that ethical cloud can be cleared, and if that cloud cannot be cleared, then mr. bernhardt

in indian country, american indian and alaska native women experience murder rates 10 times the national average. one study found that there were 5,712 reported cases of missing indigenous women in 2016. in reality, the numbers are even worse than this. because indigenous women are often under-represented in national and local data. just one example of the thousands of heartbreaking cases of missing and murdered women and girls is ashlynne mike. an 11-year-old navajo girl. in 2016 she and her 9-year-old brother were tricked into accepting a ride home from a stranger while playing after school on the navajo reservation. when they did not return home, her family contacted the authorities. her brother was found wandering on the side of the road. friends and family members then spread the news of ashlynne's abduction through text and social media. however, because of jurisdictional issues, an official amber alert wasn't issued until 12 hours, 12 hours after her disappearance. according to a study on children abductions by the washington state attorney general's office, 76% of kidnapped child

proposing to illuminate programs like the migrant and seasonal farmworkers job training and the indian and native american job training that actually supports some of the most vulnerable and neediest workers who continue to be exploited. i would caution you about eliminating these programs that are helping you to come to this committee to talk about the fact that you are able to keep unemployment low among these groups. my question is about another group of children that are vulnerable in the workforce. the gao released a report in november 2018 on the working conditions of children in the united states. their findings regarding the number of fatalities due to a lack of enforcement really puts our country at shame. i along with chairwoman delauro contacted the wage and hour division in your department and requested a comprehensive study to address the gaps in enforcement that the gao had found. whec responded saying they intended to address the gao's recommendations. my question is have you in fact addressed those recommendations? >> congresswoman, the gao study came out a little over a month ago. i am fa

about blackar americans and native indians that owned slaves, only white people, and then they generalizehat all white people are descendents of slave owners. all of my people were yankees and they fought to us free the slaves. they're going to take my tax dollars? to give to certain people? i think it is more pandering from the left. host: senator cory booker has set up a commission to take a look at the issue. what is long with the taking a look at the issue? caller: it is ridiculous on its front. how are you going to decide who gets what and do it in a fair way? then you are generalizing about all white people owning slaves. it is tantamount to ignorance. most white people do not own slaves. host: new york, independent line, your next. caller: good morning. i would like to comment on iran. -- islamic republic of iran once 9/11 happened iran's influence in the world is increasing. they are now dominating iraq politics, there in lebanon, they are in yemen. labeling them does not mean anything. how are they going to contain this power? how are they going to resolve this issue? we are in a

indians in the move. that is native americans, but thinking about what is happening to the native people who have genocideinto north america that they have had to endure. and now we are still being marginalized, mocked around the country but the tramp and the despair that i find that is very, very hard. they remember some of their art, ancestors, language, culture and try to save it over time with the mass conformity that his starting to kill culture, which i worry about, new orleans and jason spoke is a city the honors culture, and i think jason and my minds on the very right root of optimism, he is doing here, and that is what his book is about, i am raising my three kids in austin, texas and we feel very optimistic when we see them laugh, play, sports, skiing and joy this things, and seeing them do these things for the first time. we know they are privileged because if you look around, go to sudan, yemen, it is so horrible. so there is a moral balance there. so it is hard to keep our spiritual life healthy and believe in lightness and not darkness, because when you get dark that is when you will get in

african-americans, latinos and certainly upfront in our proposal, american indians and alaska natives. this is an overview, that is generally what this is about, we are absolutely certain that our goals can be achieved, a 75% reduction in five years in a 90% reduction within ten years. the extra 50% gets harder that's why it takes a longer time in the last thing i will say because they do not want to forget. if we are successful, the diagnoses in the u.s. will go up in the next few years. we will be reaching people who have been undiagnosed and operatic care. when -- i will be happy if they go from 40000 to 60000 or 80000 because that means we are reaching the people we need to reach and bringing them into care. thank you for the opportunity to be here to represent my colleagues in the secretary in the treble ministration policy. >> thank you. just for information for folks here. on the 48 counties in the other jurisdictions is the idea over time it will be expanded beyond those orders is determined based on how things are going ? >> we are going to take it tractable and have a plan.

different consultations, over a two-year period, we work with the national covers of american indians, the alaska iteration of natives, and numerous other tribal organizations at the regional level, to further invite tribal leaders to participate. we can provide you the exact number of tribal leaders that attended, i do not have off the top of my head right now, but just to assure you, many of these consultations will conduct, we also did come online webinar consultations, for those who could not in person attend. and, these consultations occur not only in the lower 48, but they also occurred in alaska, and, times the alaska consultations, with the afn conferences, and so forth, so, very strong process participation. >> in our last question about your, i appreciate everybody's time. if you did not get a second question, you have additional questions, for this last question is asked, i would like for the staff to raise their hand, raise your hand, so, once we rep, you know who to attack, and we can go ahead and -- at summing up, moderate.>> international news agency, president trump, setting the tweet that, without th

of the disease, african americans, latinos and certainly very upfront in a proposal american indians and alaska natives. suggest as an overview, that's generally what this is about. we are absolutely certain that our goals can be achieved, 75% reduction in five years and 90% production within ten years pick obviously that extra 50% gets harder. that's why takes a longer time. the last thing i will say because i don't want to forget this. remember, if we are successful, the diagnoses, the number of diagnoses in u.s. will go up in the next two years because we will be reaching people have been undiagnosed and not brought to care. just remember when -- i am going to be very happy if the diagnoses go from 40,000, the 60,000 or 80,000 because that means when reaching the people we need to reach and bring them into care. with that i will just respond to your questions. again thank you for the opportunity to be a to represent my colleagues and the secretary and, of course, the trump administration's policy. >> thank you. just for information for folks here, on the 48 and other jurisdictions, is the idea that

we worked with the national congress of american indians, the alaska federation of natives and numerous other tribal organizations at the regional level to further invite tribal leaders to participate. we can provide you the exact number of tribal leaders that attended. i don't have it top of my head right now. but just to assure you, many of these consultations were cond t conducted. we also did online webinar consultations for those that could not in person attend. and i should mention that these consultations occurred not only in the lower 48, but they also occurred in alaska. and we timed the alaska consultations with the conferences and so forth. so very strong participation. >> we'll have our last question in the back here. i us appreciate everybody's time. if you didn't get a second question or you have additional questions before the last question is asked, i'd like for the staff to raise their hand. so once we wrap, you know who to attack ask we can set something else up. >> i was at the international news agency. president trump said in the tweet that without the citizenship q

the secretary of interior manages our trust obligations to 600 recognized indian tribes and provides services to 200 native americans. this is an enormous responsibility. as a former governor i have always believed that an executive is entitled to deference when selecting his or her team as long as the candidates are qualified and ethical. i have carefully reviewed mr. bernhardt's experience and his qualifications. i met with him twice before his hearing an spoke with him again by phone afterwards. i questioned him extensively about his willingness to be a good steward of our nation's natural resources and national sites. i questioned him about his ability to balance our resource, needs with environmental protection and fairness to the owners of our public lands, which are all of us, the american people. i spoke to him about the need to make sure that those granted the privilege of using our public lands leaves them in better condition than they found them. based on my extensive discussion with him him and vee view of his record, i believe mr. bernhardt is clearly qualified to serve as secretary. he held senior posi

indian cookbook. >> ainsley: from her book sales. is it called that. >> yeah, powwow chow recipes by a native american. it's actually there.e her of, you know, capitalizing on her fake ancestry but she is worth between 3 and $10 million problem is she has been demonizing capitalism and all this success for years. she looks like a total hypocrite. self-inflicted class warfare wound and democrats do. this because you rail against successful people but they are very successful. >> martha: never said because i think that -- i would imagine she would say that she would be happy to pay 70% of that income to taxes. >> jesse: there is a thing in massachusetts, isn't there. >> martha: give it away. >> jesse: a box you can check off and give more of your money to the irs. >> martha: if you want to give more. >> jesse: i don't believe she checked that box. >> martha: one of the things you get a look at people's taxes how much she gave charity. 7%. >> jesse: pretty good. more than i gave. >> martha: really? so i should not be talking. >> martha: can we look look at your tax returns on wednesday with waters. >> no. they're under audit.

manages our trust obligations to nearly 600 federally recognized indian tribes and provides services to nearly 2 million native americans. by any measure, the job of secretary of interior is enormous and special responsibility. as a former governor, i have always believed that an executive is entitled to deference when selecting his or her team as long as the candidates are qualified and ethical. i have carefully reviewed mr. bernhardt's experience and his qualifications. i met with him twice before his hearing and spoke with him again by phone afterwards. i question him extensively about his willingness to be a good steward of our nation's greatest natural resources, our national parks, monuments and historical sites. i question him about his responsibility to balance our resources needs with environmental protection and fair tonds the owners of -- fairness to the owners of our public lands, all of us, the american people. i spoke to him about the need to make sure that those who are granted the privilege of using our public lands leaves them in better condition than they found them. based on my discussion with him, an