This week, the House Natural Resources Committee chaired by Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), and the House Rules Committee chaired by Rep. James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) is hosting a joint roundtable on an important issue: Food insecurity among Indigenous Peoples in the United States. The roundtable, Ending Hunger in America…

Environmental justice is getting a lot of attention these days. On social media and across national news outlets, people are recognizing that too many Americans have been living without the very basic rights of clean air, clean water, and clean outdoor spaces to enjoy for far too long. Not coincidentally…

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Natural Resources Democrats are remembering the foundational laws that uphold the rights of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities and acknowledging the work that remains to be done to strengthen the federal trust responsibility. The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act This year marks the 100th anniversary of the…

Over the past several months, the Biden administration has been working hand in hand with Congress to put together an historic spending plan that will deliver transformative growth for our economy by creating jobs, cutting taxes, and lowering cost for families: The Build Back Better Agenda. — The much-needed investments we’re making as part of the Build Back Better Act will create a stronger, more sustainable economy that will deliver significant returns over time. But even so, some still want to know: How are we paying for these investments right now?

Congress is working on a very big economic improvement plan that everyone calls “reconciliation” for short. (The formal term is the Build Back Better Act — if you hear about “Build Back Better,” this is what people are talking about.) It’s a 10-year budget for the country that makes major long-term investments in health care, education, environmental protection and a lot more. — Over the next several weeks, various committees in the House of Representatives are going to hold debates and vote on the pieces of the reconciliation agreement in their jurisdiction. (We’ve previously written about jurisdiction and how different committees handle different issues.) The Natural Resources Committee oversees our federally protected public…

You may not have learned this in school, but we have millions of second-class citizens living in the United States today. They’re trapped in a parallel legal system straight out of the “separate but equal” era, and to this day nobody’s put an end to this racist treatment. U.S. citizens…

The history of public lands conservation in the United States is steeped in a legacy of white supremacy, systemic racism, and the silencing and displacement of Indigenous communities and people of color. The creation of Yellowstone as the world’s first national park in 1872 is typically highlighted as a crowning…

Earlier this week, a press release from Trump’s Department of the Interior (DOI) hit reporters’ inboxes boasting about a new Office of Government Ethics (OGE) report supposedly “validating Interior’s unprecedented ethics initiatives, where the Office of Government Ethics Program Review contained ZERO findings or recommendations.”

Chair Raúl M. Grijalva and Natural Resources Committee Democrats know that the federal government’s coronavirus response is a matter of life and death in Indian Country. Chair Grijalva launched an online resource center when the pandemic started to collect information directly from some of the hardest-hit communities in the country…