and donald trump had been expected to meet with leaders of the navajo nation on this trip to arizona. to offend barry goldwater's ghost tomorrow. but now today the speaker of the navajo council has told us that no meeting is happening. when donald trump hits arizona tomorrow, despite all these reports he was going to meet with the navajos, he will not be meeting with the navajos. which i'm sure will put a real dent in donald trump's repeated and high-profile outreach efforts to impress native american voters. >> so i looked. hillary clinton has somebody -- did you ever hear of pocahontas? huh? it's pocahontas/elizabeth warren. >> she seems to have made it her job -- >> who, pocahontas? >> is that offense sniff. >> should you use that term? >> very offensive, sorry. >> no, i'm sorry about that. pocahont pocahontas? is that what you said? >> that's a native american reporter, actually, suggesting at that press conference, sulging to donald trump that him using "pocahontas" as an insult is offensive. she said, that's offensive. his response was, oh, is it? is it offense sniff oh, i'm sor

the healthy dine act of 2014 known as the navajo nation health food tax. according to service, one in three navajo suffer from diabetes and an estimated ten grocery stores serve the entire 27,000 mile reservation. in about 2010, community activists and public health experts who were living on the reservation decided they really wanted to take a bold step to change the food environment. and after three years of controversy in 2014, president navajo nation ben shelley was president at the time, passed this health dine act of 2014. the law leveed a 2% sales tax on food and beverages and effectively a soda tax but it's broader than that and also covers junk food. the definitions within the tax -- within the legislation are very broad. it's very ambitious. it also at the same time the tribal council passed a resolution which is a local tribal law that removed the 5% sales tax on fruits and vegetables, a complimentary measure. proceeds are earmarked for community wellness projects, including farming, vegetable gardens and convenience stores, stocking healthful p

the entire navajo nation has been labeled a food desert by the fda and an estimated 10 grocery storeserve the entire 27,000 mile read his reservation so in about 2010, community activists, public health experts who were living on the reservation decided they really wanted to take a bold step to change the food environment and after three years of controversy in 2014, president, navajo nation president ben shelley who was president at the time passed this healthy dine act of 2014. the law levied a two percent sales tax on food and beverages of minimal to no nutritional value so it's estate tax but it's broader than that and also covers junk food. the definitions within the tax, within the legislation are very broad, it's very ambitious. it also at the same time the tribal council passed a resolution which is a tribal law that removed the five percent sales tax on fruits and vegetables as a complementary measure. proceeds of the healthy dine act are earmarked for community wellness projects including farming, farmers markets andconvenience stores, stocking helpful products . so in terms

because we have the navajo nation which is the largest navajo nation in the united states. spends three states. we have seen some very strident voter suppression. >> thank you very much for your on climate change. there's no question that the emergence of indigenous has been may be the single most important part of the growth of that movement. andoth sides of the border america, all sides of the border . many thanks for that advocacy and witness. we would not have stopped anything. the keystone pipeline, or anything else. [applause] as you were: talking, i could not help but think we have to keep these coalitions going. there are a lot of people that find themselves in the same say,tion with regard to, voting rights. it is coalitions working together that will make the difference. thank you. you have a major seat at the table now. >> thank you, mr. chair. we won't work together in a very manner with thet democratic party moving forward. historically, native americans have voted democrat, and we will continue to do so. we have great leadership going forward and native americ

we are right here in arizona right now where there are families of navajo nation people living on seven gallons of water a day due to poison water sources from uranium ruling that we do not talk about it. it is not a part of our consciousness. that might have something to do with corporations. i do want to talk to you about tpp because this is very important in my eyes and in my view. it is all about the expansion of fast track exports liquefied natural gas which would increase fracking. when you look at some of the countries who are involved, specifically japan which is one of the largest importers of lng and you combine that with the natural gas act of 1990 or 1992 which compels the u.s. to fast-track natural gas exports free-trades we have agreements with you can see where we are going with this equation. i do not believe that you can act on climate while also promoting free trade agreements contributors to emissions of fossil fuels and the continued extraction and use of fossil fuels area they are antithetical and it would be like asking the fox to have jurisdiction over the safety

so because we have the majority americans -- you have the navajo nation, which is the largest native nation, not only states, spans four states and in arizona, arizona has a large voting demographic in theve americans both northern part of the reservation is also where my reservation located, the southern arizona part. we have seen some very strident practices of voter native suppression and that needs to be the agenda for action and for protection of the vote movinght to forward. thank you. >> thank you very much for your remarks on climate change. if anyone has any doubts -- there's no question that the of indiddious communities at the head of the fight about climate change over years hasour or five been maybe the single most important part of the growth of that movement. the explosive growth. on both sides of the border and north america, all sides of the borders in north america. many thanks for that advocacy and witness. we would not have stopped anything. the keystone pipeline, or anything else without enormous work in native communities. [applause] rep. cumming: as you were tal