johnson and the oglala and sioux tribe and cheyenne river sioux tribe for their work on this legislation. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. huffman: thank you. i rise in support of h.r. 165, the wounded knee massacre memorial and sacred site act. this is an important step to help those with generations to come. it would replace 40 acres of land located within the pine ridge status into fee status for the oglala sioux tribe and the cheyenne river sioux tribe and is believed to be the site of the 1890 wounded knee massacre. and they hold ghost passes in renewal of the land in protest of the u.s. government which prohibited american indians from practicing their religious freedom. in december of 1890, our government sent the army's seventh cavalry to disarm the la code -- lakota under wounded knee creek and was a massacre. the troops wounded over 300 american men, women and children and 25 u.s. soldiers were lost in that massacre as well. the wounded kn

the six members of the sioux falls water rescue team. please give them a round of applause, thank you for keeping us safe. [applause] now the number four reason why south dakota will continue to be an example to the nation is our economy. we built the strongest economy of any state in america. our 1.9 unemployment rate is the lowest in the nation today and it has averaged as the lowest since i took office. we even broke the record for the lowest unemployment rate of any state in the history of america. our incomes have consistently grown faster than any other state and we have led the nation in new housing development. our labor force participation rate is above the national average and we broke ground on a nearly $1 billion food processing facility with cj schwan's. last year we won the governor's cup as the top state in america for economic development projects. [applause] now we are poised to do that again this year and it will be announced in a few weeks. our gdp has grown consistently and it's been the fastest growing gdp in the nat

place we ran, and howard wood field in sioux falls, seats about 12,000 people.n in a crowded, outdoor arena, you could hear his voice up in the crowd. it was unmistakable. he was always barking something out. in many cases, admonishing you to do better, to run harder, to be more successful. mr. president, i'm just grateful for the impact that he had on my life, and as i think about the admonition to him, track starts next week, there is always another day, and we have to get up and do our work and make sure we're doing the best to accomplish our work here on behalf of the american people. so those are lessons i've taken with me -- accept your losses, get to work on the next thing. it's one of the many lessons that have stuck with me from coach applebee. i'm going to miss seeing coach applebee on my sprees it's to murdo -- on my visits to murdo. i remain greatly deep -- deeply grateful for all he taught me. to his family, my thoughts and prayers are with them. with his loved ones. and i would just say, rest in peace, coach applebee. mr. president, i yield the flo

city, south dakota to sioux city, iowa, just a few miles. it doesn't really make any sense. it creates all of these unnecessary barriers, federal government-created barriers. let's try to work together so that we can drive down the costs of operation, we can create outstanding careers for safe young drivers. so absolutely it can be their first career. i would also note there's been some good conversations about the need to have less federal bureaucracy around the whole nepa process. i would call the committee's attention again to my interactive, basically an enepa, that we would have a cloud-based system that would make it much easier for these agencies to hand off their various partners of the review. our antiquated analog nea process slows down citing and permitting, as this committee knows, making american citing and permitting more efficient is one of my passion projects. so i just want to thank a number of you for raising this issue. listen, let's pass dusty's bill and then everything will be fixed. thanks much. i yield back. chair rouz

on multiple occasions governor noem has invited the standing rock sioux tribe to her table at the south dakota state capitol to enter into meaningful discussions. that's what i witnessed when she came to your offices. janet writes it is a great excitement and enthusiasm that a north dakota governor doug burgum will be at the head of department of indeaver orr. my hopes remain high that you will feel the same of kristi noem at the top of homeland security. these two governors understands the needs in indian country and words like tribal sovereignty, jurisdiction and consultation mean to the indigenous people. speaks volumes to her leadership and character. it is my honor to support her and turn it over to her. >> thank you for those great introductions. the committee is also received several statements in support of governor noem's nomination including a letter from 22 fellow governors, the international association of firefighters and six other organizations without objection these letters of support will be made part of the hearing record. i know our senators have to go but thank you f

windchills low single digits from sioux falls into the low 20s into the midsection of the country. and then we've got a second storm coming. it's going to move out of the gulf, out into the atlantic. right now what we're looking at from thursday to saturday, a widespread area from the midatlantic down to the south with heavier snow. ice in the mid mississippi river valley. strong storms down through the gulf. the model is not sure right now, lester, but we could be looking at a major snow impact event into the weekend. >> all right, al, thanks very much. >>> at the u.s. capitol, it was a very different scene from january 6th four years ago. the snow, as you just saw, but also congress quickly certifying president-elect trump's electoral college victory without the violence of four years ago. here is garrett haake. >> reporter: tonight in a joint session lasting just 40 minutes, congress counting state electoral votes. >> donald j. trump with the state of florida received 30 votes for president. >> reporter: certifying the sweeping election victory of president-elect donald trump, w

touching letter, unsolicited by either christie or me from the tribal chairwoman from the standing rock sioux tribe, which straddles north dakota and south dakota. they don't really care who wins the south dakota state north dakota state football game, but they do care about about their reservation. and chairwoman al-sharaa sent me this letter. standing rock is the home of sitting bull. in case you were wondering about the credentials of their ability to protect the homeland, i'll just read a few words on multiple occasions, governor noem has invited the standing rock sioux tribe to her table at the south dakota state capitol to enter into meaningful discussions. that's what i witnessed when she came to your offices. and janet writes, it is of great excitement and enthusiasm that our north dakota governor, doug burgum, will be at the helm of the department of interior, and my hopes remain high that you will feel the same about governor kristi noem at the helm of the department of homeland security. these two governors understand the needs in indian country and what words like tribal sovereign

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city, south dakota to sioux city, iowa, just a few miles. it doesn't really make any sense. it creates all of these unnecessary barriers, federal government-created barriers. let's try to work together so that we can drive down the costs of operation, we can create outstanding careers for safe young drivers. so absolutely it can be their first career. i would also note there's been some good conversations about the need to have less federal bureaucracy around the whole nepa process. i would call the committee's attention again to my interactive, basically an enepa, that we would have a cloud-based system that would make it much easier for these agencies to hand off their various partners of the review. our antiquated analog nea process slows down citing and permitting, as this committee knows, making american citing and permitting more efficient is one of my passion projects. so i just want to thank a number of you for raising this issue. listen, let's pass dusty's bill and then everything will be fixed. thanks much. i yield back. chair rouz

on multiple occasions, governor noem has invited the standing rock sioux tribe to her table at the south dakota state capital to enter into meaningful discussions. that is what i witnessed when she came to your offices. and janet writes, it is with great excitement and enthusiasm that arnaud's dakota governor, doug burgum, will be at the head of the department of interior. i hope you'll feel the same about kristi noem at the department of homeland security. these governors understand the needs of indian country and what words like tribal sovereignty, jurisdiction, and consultation mean to the indigenous people. it speaks volumes to her leadership and character. it is my honor to support her. chair paul: thank you for those great introductions. the committee has also received several statements in support of governor noem's nomination, including a letter from 20 two fellow governors, the international association of firefighters, and six other organizations. without objection, these letters of support will be made part of the hearing. i know our senators have to go, thank you for coming a

from the tribal chairwoman, from the standing rock sioux tribe which straddles north dakota and south dakota, they don't care who winds the football game -- wins the football game but they care about their reservation. the chairman sent me this letter. standing rock is the home of -- in case you were wondering about the credentials of the ability to protect the homeland. i will just read a few words. on multiple occasions, governor noem has invited the standing rock sioux tribe to her table to enter into meaningful discussions. that is what i witnessed when she came to your offices. it is with great excitement and enthusiasm that our governor will be at the home of the department of interior and my hopes remain high that you will feel the same with governor kristi noem at the helm. these two governors understand the needs of indian country and what words like tribal sovereign ty mean to the indigenous people. it speaks volumes to the leadership and to our character. it is my honor to support her. i turn it over to her. >> thank you for these great introductions. we received several st

chairman, just i just want to read the paragraph from chairwoman janet from standing rock, sioux tribe in north and south dakota, probably one of the bit more challenging relationships in recent years has been over the dakota access pipeline and that particular tribe which could with different leadership could have divided people in a big way. but even through that, through all of that, he earned their support and i'm just going to read this short paragraph and end with that with my thanks for allowing me this opportunity and my thanks to you, doug, for allowing me this blessing. governor burgum understands the native american dynamic, which if you're non-native can be difficult to maneuver, but he does it well. he understands the importance of honoring traditional values and culture, promoting family first, remembering who we are and where we came from, the struggles we endure and community wellness. and so it's just my honor to be able to introduce him today and look forward to a successful confirmation and working together. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator cramer, and

city, south dakota to sioux city, iowa, just a few miles. it doesn't really make any sense. it creates all of these unnecessary barriers, federal government-created barriers. let's try to work together so that we can drive down the costs of operation, we can create outstanding careers for safe young drivers. so absolutely it can be their first career. i would also note there's been some good conversations about the need to have less federal bureaucracy around the whole nepa process. i would call the committee's attention again to my interactive, basically an enepa, that we would have a cloud-based system that would make it much easier for these agencies to hand off their various partners of the review. our antiquated analog nea process slows down citing and permitting, as this committee knows, making american citing and permitting more efficient is one of my passion projects. so i just want to thank a number of you for raising this issue. listen, let's pass dusty's bill and then everything will be fixed. thanks much. i yield back. chair rouz

kansas city 46. 46 in sioux falls. chicago 46.where from 10 to 15 degrees above average average. omaha looking good. little rock 61. charlotte 57. the next few days going into friday, temperatures warm up a bit, take a dip, but nothing too bad. 40s in new york. 50s in richmond. 50s in knoxville. we will get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. headed for the upper 50s and low 60s and lots of sunshine. our weather is on repeat throughout much of the week, but then friday finally some much needed rain coming into the bay area with scattered showers off and on from friday through saturday and then tapering off on sunday. no change in >>> and that's your latest weather. guys . >>> that's your latest weather. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a new chapter. mysterious drone sightings in the northeast after a brief lull, they are surging again. nbc's sam brock looking into it for us. hey, sam. >> reporter: craig, good morning. to take that metaphor a step further if you thought the books was closed on the drones drama, it's not. fa

times with the australian submarine agency and i will tell you that just learning who is who in the sioux is complicated so the australian submarine agency, the australian submarine corporation, australian naval infrastructure, naval security and support group, security and estate group, and none of them talk to each other very well. so it is a question of who is in charge and how they are going to make decisions and how are they going to go forward? over the course of the last year, a lot of the people we talked to have departed and left. there is some reorganization going on and as we said earlier, it is hard. it is harder than hard but when you think of the australians, they are taking on an almost insurmountable task. you might call it $450 billion that they have to do to get these technologies in place, to get the infrastructure in place, to get the submarines in place, to get the people trained and they have nobody who has done that before so it is a huge challenge and a steep hill for them to go up. would not be surprised they are taking some time. most of industry is getting impat

homeland, i'll just read a few words on multiple occasions, governor noem has invited the standing rock siouxpitol to enter into meaningful discussions. that's what i witnessed when she came to your offices. and janet writes, it is of great excitement and enthusiasm that our north dakota governor, doug burgum, will be at the helm of the department of interior. and my hopes remain high that you will feel the same about governor kristi noem at the helm of the department of homeland security. these two governors understand the needs in indian country and what words like tribal sovereignty, jurisdiction and consultation mean to the indigenous people speaks volumes to her leadership and to her character. it's my honor to support her and turn it over to her. thank you for this great introductions. the committee has also received several statements in support of governor noem's nomination, including a letter from 22 fellow governors, the international association of firefighters, and six other organizations. without objection, these letters of support will be made part of the hearing record. and i k

i would just note as one of the regional office of the sioux act, a portion of this bill, it does have specificity with respect to targeting parole, pro abuses, detention releases, it is pretty specific in what it is trying to forget to ensure that the attorney general of states like the state of texas who are faced with a repository federal government refusing to secure the border, have some recourse. and it is pretty actually specific in length it out and why and i would note, you know, last night, i was able to attend one of the balls. and one of my guests was alexis nygren. and alexis came with her husband. alexis testified in front of the judiciary committee last summer. she turned 28 just recently. she lost her 13 vote to last july. absolutely lovely woman. chose life when she was a 14-year-old. was racing jocelyne. joseland was murdered by members of the venezuelan gang. they were very specifically leased into our country by the biden administration. labor example after example after example of this. so this bill would address. with respect address that with the state of texas w

chairman want to read a paragraph from chairwoman from standing rock sioux tribe in north and south dakota. probably one of the bit more challenging relationships in recent years it has been over the desoto access high point in that tribe. with different leadership could have divided people in a big way. but even through that, through all of that he earned their support i'm going to read the short paragraph in and with my thanks to you for allowing me this opportunity. my thanks to you doug for allowing me this blessing. governor burgum understands that native american dynamic which if you are non- native can be difficult to maneuver. but he does it well he understands the importance of honoring traditional values and culture promoting family first, remembering who we are and where we came from. the struggles we endure in the community wellness prestress my honor to be able introduce him today look forward to a successful confirmation and working together. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator kramer. and also senator hoeven. governor burgum the rules of the committee require quot

melissa oden's mother was pressured into trying to have an abortion in a hospital in sioux city, iowa. melissa was born alive, and thank goodness there was a nurse there who then took her to the nicu, so she could get the medical attention, so that she could survive and grow up to be the woman she is today. she was -- melissa was later adopted and hasibility ared to our country -- and has contributed to our country. that's part of what we in the pro-life movement need to do is make sure we're defending the rights of these babies. we have another opportunity as well -- and again the name of the bill has abortion in, but it's really not about abortion. it's about protecting the dignity of unborn children. in this case, it's unborn children who are killed in that abortion. just a few years ago the remains of over 2,000 aborted babies were discovered in a home in indiana many. -- in indiana. and many americans were shocked to find out that children who are aborted are often just disposed of. they're treated like -- their remains are treated like medical waste. that's just absolutely funda