, but in particular navajo.lopment on the navajo nation. today i just -- in the health service they have a listing of over 10,000 -- almost 10,000 homes that don't have water today and -- >> this is in navajo nation? >> in the navajo nation there are almost 10,000 homes that lack water, and if there's approximately four family members per home, that's easily 40,000 people. money is one factor in all of this, you know? right now i -- i see the money that could come, $3.5 billion for ihs water projects, to get water to homes, but i know too many of the details about the process to get water to homes. it's going to be a real struggle. yes, the money is coming, but there's still a long ways to see a lot of families get water. >> with native americans like deb holland being in congress, you know, i think we've kind of gathering more support and dr. jill biden was out here a few months ago. so we have some allies, i think, in a higher level that sees what he's seeing as far as need for our navajo people, basic needs.

my mom was born on the navajo reservation. she came to san francisco at age 18 after a government boarding school in utah. she worked as a housekeeper and nanny, a retail store stock clerk, pricing and stocking dolls and airline safety equipment maker and tester at c.j. henry and volunteering for the church. she participated in gatherings at the american indian center, where she and others transplanted here after boarding school formed a small, but tight-knit community. she worked as the friendship house receptionist and bookkeeper and then c.e.o. she dedicated her life's work to the friendship house. senator mark leno called it the jewel on jewel avenue. she helped others reconnect with their spirituality and reuniting families. mom would say, what else would i want to do with my life? after mom's passing, governor gavin newsom wrote us and said it's hard to measure just how much of an impact she has had on our city and the state of california, but the thousands of healthy and recovered families are any indication, it's one t

. >> the navajo nation has endured devastating losses during the pandemic, and team rubicon providededical support for nearly 300 days. >> good morning, how many are getting their shot today? >> two. >> both of you? >> yes. >> okay. >> now we've supported over 12,000 vaccinations in the navajo nation which has one of the highest vaccine uptake rates across the country. >> reporter: they also joined with other veterans fwrups to encourage vaccinations issuing a call to arms. >> it was really this harkening back to world war ii asking all of america to rise up to support this modern day medical wartime effort to get doses into the arms of americans. >> i think everybody should get vaccinated to stop this thing. >> we were really proud to be able to support nearly 2 million doses across the country. >> anybody home? >> dr. jim withers has spent nearly 30 years bringing medical care to people experiencing homelessness in pittsburgh. for this very vulnerable population, covid-19 posed yet another threat. >> can i take a listen? >> at the beginning of the pandemic, we really didn't know wh

we've been working very closely with folks there in the region at the navajo nation and in the local communities to think creatively about how to make sure we can completely affective components of the program. and a full will be happy to work with technical support in your office and with others to make sure we can make any adjustments that may be needed. but i was happy to participate in that groundbreaking ceremony and i'm looking forward to to be unable to participate in the blessing ceremony. because that portion of the pipeline has been completed. the managers did a great job of that construction. and it is currently providing water to the communities who did not have it available previously. and it's a great example of that commitment from the bureau of reclamation and department of the interior of meeting the tribal needs in our various communities and in our home state of new mexico. >> thank you, mister hill. >> the gentle jim -- richard now recognizes the chairman of the committee representative grijalva from arizona. >> first of all, i thank chair flores for her comments

. >> i am sean and i am navajo.m an artist and this is my partner adrian >> when i was younger i can't think of a queer person publically that represented me or my liniage or my culture and i never saw that in a space that which we're doing today we see dancing as a way to honor our heritage and who we are. so, sweethearts is really being out in that arena and showing your love and compassion for one another >> we as a two-spirit couple have faced a lot of challenges being out there and just being open with ourselves and our identity. we pushed for the acceptance and really fought for that space to be out there and amongst people and it made our voices stronger and our presence stronger. >> we're always there to encourage and support everyone else that is trying to be vocal . i know that us being two spirit and being very public has created the conversation for a lot of native homes, so they may not talk. about it as they see us dancing, but there's a conversation to be had when they get in the car or on the ride ho

the statement from the navajo nation regarding the bided magicians actions on chaco canyon should be included in the record. second, an article regarding the net power facility with natural gas generated literacy to the grid, and lastly the associated group that is now working for john kerry and administration with the analysis of carbon capture -- and most of these successful projects over decades. >> thank you. as i close out the hearing, i want to say i know that members are strong advocates for their committees back home and their policy positions. but numbers like represent of crenshaw, his or marks today, really crossed the line when he spoke in terms of lies. that violates our rules of decorum in the house and it was appropriate for him to apologize to representative huffman and i'm glad he did that, especially when it comes to and i will offer this as a unanimous consent request, his assertion that there are no oil and gas -- the oil and gas does not receive subsidies from the u.s. government. without injection -- objection i will enter a report from the international monetar

we have been working very closely with folks there in the region of the navajo nation and in the local communities to think creatively about how to make sure we have the effective components of the program and we would be happy to work with your office and others to make sure that we can make any adjustments that may be needed but i would be happy to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony and then i look forward to being able to participate if that portion of the pipeline has been completed, the managers did a great job with that and it's currently providing water and community and it's a great example of the commitment in the department of interior and the tribal needs in the state of new mexico. >> the time is expired and the chair recognizes the chairman of the full committee, representative granholm of arizona. >> i think the chair for her comments and kind remarks. very much appreciated and as the chair woman knows all of us are very much aware of the significant contribution made to accomplish even that portion of the plan. let me follow up on something that the chair was ask

americans in 20 place, detroit, mississippi, philadelphia, kenosha, wisconsin, san francisco and the navajoo name a few. and we've discussed some of the most critical issues of our time. race, gender, class, and how those manifest in society. one particular concept we explored was how the history of the u.s. civil war is taught, depending on where you live. if you live in the south, for example, rarely are the racial underpinnings of the civil war discussed. nor is the fact that the civil war began because the south refused to give up slavery. to dig further into this idea, i traveled to jackson mississippi where i was joined by six locals, we talked about how lies and omissions about our nation's past have affected the generations that followed. here's part of that conversation. >> you know, you ask these guys about what it means to be a southerner, and i think for a lot of kind of mainstream particularly white middle class america when they think about southerners they think about white southerners but we understand a place like mississippi and the immediate aftermath of the civil war, th

are for tribal, pursuant to the water right settlements already authorized by congress such as 2009 navajo water supply project, to distributing water to the communities of the nations, the communities hit particularly hard by the drought and covid-19 pandemic. when using or analyzing the existing climate trends, prolonged dry period and punctuated wet regions, for drought, not only today but short dry periods from an infrastructure standpoint it would be important to address the existing short and long-term challenges with an equitable approach with respect for the states to authorize their offered amounts particularly during the good years, striking such a desired balance, however, is no easy task. the 2007 interim guidelines will expire in 2026, affect over 40 million people in 7 states. the upper and lower colorado offices have staff with moderate expertise who can assist the basin states with responding to our shortterm priorities. mottling, and needs for implementation. long term priorities at like powell and meade. support to vacant states in the next 1 to 5 years. new mexico suppor

it is not about me but the great man i serve with, these great marines, navajo men, latinos from newfrom ohio. we all came together and basically fought together for six months and hard conditions to survive and serve our country. you know, we had some good times and we had horrible times. more importantly, we still have hard times even, 15, 16 years since we have left the war. host: why did they call you lucky? guest: for the first two months of active combat, and we were always in active combat, we were able to dodge any casualties. it seemed we had this look running on our side, whether it was ied's not causing harm. i got attacked by an rpg at one point, and, so, the other marine units started calling us lucky, and just as fate would have it, irony came and we became part of the unluckiest unit in the iraq war. host: why did you decide to join the marine corps? guest: i am lucky. i am from an immigrant family. my dad is from mexico, my mom from colombia. they came here with nothing. i have got to live a privileged life. i always felt that the first generation set of immigrants, y

it's not about me, it's these men from all over, navajo men, latinos from new mexico, white boys fromhio, we came together and fought together in six months in really harsh conditions tomp survive and ser our country and, you know, we had some good times and some horrible h times and more importantly, we y still have ha times even, you know, 15, 16 years since we've left the war. >> why did they call you lucky? >> well, for the first two months of active combat, we were always in active combat, we were ableed to dodge any casualties. it seemed we had the luck running on our side, whether ieds that wouldn't cause harm, i was attacked by rpgs at one point and didn't harm my platoon. so the press and other marine units started calling us lucky and then just as fate would have it or, you know, irony came and we became probably the unluckiest unit in the iraq war. >> why did you decide to join the marine corp? >> i'm very lucky. i'm from an immigrantiv family, dad from mexico, mom from columbia, they came here with nothing and i got to live this privilegedor life, you know, i always felt t

water supply project with navajo nation president. in north texas, congressman collin allred held a teletown hall with folks in his district to talk about all the ways the law will help meet local transportation needs. in northern ohio representative marcy kaptur joined a summit about infrastructure to talk about how this bill, how this law will help with flooding, with irrigation, and pollution remediation. and also in california, congresswoman doris matsui visited local levees in california that will be improved because of this infrastructure bill. every single one of these projects represents jobs and economic growth for our local communities. it represents investment in america. it represents belief in our country, belief in ourselves that we can make the best of what we can do for the economy. that we can create jobs. that we can make it in america. we can manufacture goods in this country. that we can compete with any other company in the world as long as we provide the necessary infrastructure advantages that other countries ar

six letters after an army coating all the way back to world war i also used in world war ii by the navajos codebook and that's how he was able to communicate to his three partners, veterans who helped him escape. eric: you're looking at the boeing 727, it has rear stairs that can be lowered and they were lowered and whoever was, how come he was never caught? >> is picked up by the cia after he left the army. he wound up using 22 different identities, 35 criminal charges and when he returned to the united states, he had a get out of jail card and that how he lived his life. until we caught up with him in 2011 and confronted him, the only confrontation on video of db cooper, we had dna on him and we knew there was trouble in this is the dna pouch the fbi would not take. we knew something was up and that have a cia background got in. eric: why wouldn't the fbi take that? >> they wouldn't take it because cia told him his upbeat valuable pilot and look the other way. eric: we confirmed this but let me read you what the fbi said this is when they closed the case in 2016 officially. with fbi appr

my mom was born on the navajo reservation.ge 18 after a government boarding school in utah. she worked as a housekeeper and nanny, a retail store stock clerk, pricing and stocking dolls and airline safety equipment maker and tester at c.j. henry and volunteering for the church. she participated in gatherings at the american indian center, where she and others transplanted here after boarding school formed a small, but tight-knit community. she worked as the friendship house receptionist and bookkeeper and then c.e.o. she dedicated her life's work to the friendship house. senator mark leno called it the jewel on jewel avenue. she helped others reconnect with their spirituality and reuniting families. mom would say, what else would i want to do with my life? after mom's passing, governor gavin newsom wrote us and said it's hard to measure just how much of an impact she has had on our city and the state of california, but the thousands of healthy and recovered families are any indication, it's one that will be felt for generation

in recent years, paris auction house has facilitated the sale of hopi, navajo mask and ceremonial items. the u.s. government attempted to intervene to prevent the sales, but the french government and auction houses maintain that they were legal. in response to this problem, former congressman steve pearce introduced a concurrent resolution in march of 2016 condemning these sales and requesting that the u.s. comptroller general conduct a report on the issue. the safeguard tribal objects, the stop act, would expand legal protections to native american tribal artifacts and sake considered asread objects by increasing penalties for repeat traffickers of native american human remains our cultural items and banning the export of illegally obtained items. the department of interior would be required to form an interagency working group to facilitate repatriation of items and protect times currently in a tribe's potential. to incentivize repate racial -- repatriation, if they surrender to the tribe the objects in his or her possession within two years of enactment. i want to thank the sponsor o