{"id":30949,"date":"2023-02-13T22:08:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T03:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=30949"},"modified":"2023-02-13T22:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T03:11:08","slug":"bipartisanship-is-our-strength-senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-touts-achievements-as-new-session-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/02\/13\/bipartisanship-is-our-strength-senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-touts-achievements-as-new-session-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bipartisanship is our strength&#8217;: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs touts achievements as new session starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IoZpVL_vWU0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Indianz.Com Video: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/IoZpVL_vWU0>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Organizational Business Meeting &#8211; February 9, 2023<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h1-responsive\">&#8216;Bipartisanship is our strength&#8217;<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\"> Senate Committee on Indian Affairs touts achievements as new session starts<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, February 13, 2023<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/indian.senate.gov\/>Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a> is   getting back to work after what the legislative panel&#8217;s bipartisan leadership said was an extremely productive session.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAt the panel&#8217;s first meeting of the 118th Congress last week, <a href=https:\/\/schatz.senate.gov\/>Sen. Brian Schatz<\/a> (D-Hawaii) said 18 Indian Country bills were signed into law during the prior session. The figure means the committee has finally overcome the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2018\/11\/19\/indian-country-legislative-agenda-falls.asp>era of stagnation that was seen when Donald Trump was president<\/a> and when <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2019\/02\/01\/indian-country-experts-warn-of-gridlock.asp>Republicans controlled the legislative branch<\/a> of the U.S. government.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;By any measure, the last two years were the most productive in recent decades and arguably the most productive in American history for the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs,&#8221; said Schatz, who is <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/news\/press-release\/schatz-murkowski-elected-chair-vice-chair-committee-118th-congress>serving a second term as chair<\/a> of the panel.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nHistoric achievements can be found  among the  18 bills that became law during the 117th Congress, which concluded at the end of December.  <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/04\/republicans-eager-to-rain-on-historic-funding-achievement-for-indian-country\/>Advance appropriations<\/a> for the <a href=https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/>Indian Health Service<\/a>, as well as another <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/03\/14\/tribes-see-progress-with-violence-against-women-act-and-more-funding\/>landmark update for the Violence Against Women Act<\/a>, both of which had been hard fought by tribes for several years, are just two of the most notable successes.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1446289645&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Indianz.Com Audio:  <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\/senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-organizational-business-meeting\" title=\"Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Organizational Business Meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Organizational Business Meeting &#8211; February 9, 2023<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut Schatz also pointed out that tribes and their citizens are benefiting from a record influx of funding for services and programs in reservation and urban communities across the nation. According to a  <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14\/scia020923.pdf>new committee report<\/a>, more than  $73 billion &#8212; the largest amount ever  in U.S. history &#8212; has been provided to Indian Country through  COVID-19 recovery, appropriations and infrastructure bills that became law in 2021 and 2022.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;None of these achievements would&#8217;ve been possible without this committee&#8217;s bipartisan commitment to Native people in Indian Country, in Alaska and in Hawaii,&#8221; Schatz said at an <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/organizational-business-meeting-2>organizational meeting<\/a> last Thursday. &#8220;Because our long-standing tradition of bipartisanship is our strength.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/murkowski.senate.gov\/>Sen. Lisa Murkowski<\/a> (R-Alaska), who is <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/news\/press-release\/schatz-murkowski-elected-chair-vice-chair-committee-118th-congress-0>returning as vice chair<\/a> of the committee, agreed. She pledged to work closely with Schatz and other committee members to advance laws that improve   education, health, safety, transportation and other needs in Native communities.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n&#8220;It really is impactful what this committee has done, when you think about the success of the infrastructure bill last year and how we rose to meet the needs across Indian Country,&#8221; Murkowski said of just one of the measures passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden, a Democrat.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;I&#8217;m hearing from  people all over my state about the enthusiasm for what they will see  with better access to broadband that will allow for everything from tele-health to tele-education, [and] what more they can be doing to make their communities stronger,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And then everything that we&#8217;ve done with water and wastewater,   transportation &#8212; it was significant.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=col-10>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs &#8211; 117th Congress Accomplishments\r\n<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14\/scia020923.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"both\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"on\">scia020923<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAdditionally, the committee played a major role in confirming Roselyn Tso, a citizen of the <a href=https:\/\/www.navajo-nsn.gov\/>Navajo Nation<\/a>, as the   <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/22\/indian-health-service-finally-lands-a-permanent-leader-in-roselyn-tso\/>new director of the IHS<\/a>. The federal agency, which is charged with providing care to more than 2 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, had been without a permanent leader for six of the last seven years, including for most of the   Trump administration, when the <a href=\/covid19\/>COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> hit Indian Country hard.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe panel also helped install Bryan Newland, a citizen of the <a href=https:\/\/www.baymills.org\/>Bay Mills Indian Community<\/a>, as the <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsstSecNewland>Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs<\/a>. As a political appointee of the Biden administration, he is serving under <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDebHaaland>Secretary Deb Haaland<\/a>, who herself is making history as the first Native person to lead the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a> and the first Native person in a presidential cabinet.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;As chair, I&#8217;m determined to work with all of you to build on our bipartisan achievements and get even more things done for Native communities,&#8221; Schatz noted. &#8220;And so I look forward to a  productive   118th Congress.&#8221;\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe 118th Congress convened on January 3, with Democrats winning more seats in the <a href=https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/>U.S. Senate<\/a> following the November 2022 election. Their party thus controls  all of the committees in the chamber, though Indian Affairs is unique in that it has historically been run on a bipartisan basis ever since its <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs>establishment nearly 50 years ago<\/a>, during a new dawn of self-determination in federal law and policy.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, the Committee re-elected Senators Schatz and Murkowski as chair and vice chair for the 118th Congress. Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwV61YxE0T\">https:\/\/t.co\/cwV61YxE0T<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (@IndianCommittee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IndianCommittee\/status\/1623756971856756744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nWith the start of the newest session, the membership of the  Senate Committee on  Indian Affairs is largely staying the same. Along with  Schatz returning as chair, the five Democrats have previously served on the panel. They are: <a href=https:\/\/www.cantwell.senate.gov\/>Sen. Maria Cantwel<\/a> (D-Washington), <a href=https:\/\/www.tester.senate.gov\/>Sen. Jon Tester<\/a> (D-Montana), <a href=https:\/\/www.cortezmasto.senate.gov\/>Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada), <a href=https:\/\/www.smith.senate.gov\/>Sen. Tina Smith<\/a>  (D-Minnesota) and <a href=https:\/\/www.lujan.senate.gov\/>Sen. Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n<\/a> (D-New Mexico).\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Republican side of the committee is changing in   small yet notable ways. Including Murkowski   as vice chair, only five  GOP members are serving &#8212; down from six in the prior session of Congress.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBut Murkowski pointed out that the committee is gaining an important member in <a href=https:\/\/mullin.senate.gov\/>Sen. Markwayne Mullin<\/a> (R-Oklahoma). He is the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/11\/08\/markwayne-mullin-becomes-first-native-u-s-senator-in-nearly-two-decades\/>first tribal citizen to serve in the Senate in nearly two decades<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/P>\r\n&#8220;For the first time since 2005, when Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell was here in the Senate,   a Native American has now been elected to the Senate and is gonna be serving on this important committee,&#8221;   Murkowski said of the <a href=https:\/\/www.mullin.senate.gov\/press-releases\/markwayne-mullin-secures-key-committee-assignments-for-oklahoma\/>new Republican member<\/a>. &#8220;So I think  that&#8217;s a welcome addition.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=row>\r\n<div class=col-5>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"290\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3wHM0vKMt8Q\"  frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-7 align-self-end\">\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Indianz.Com Video: <a href=https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/3wHM0vKMt8Q?feature=share>Sen. Markwayne Mullin  (R-Oklahoma) misses day in spotlight!<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nMullin, however, <a href=https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/3wHM0vKMt8Q?feature=share>missed his historic day in the spotlight<\/a>. The  <a href=https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/>Cherokee Nation<\/a> citizen, who previously served four terms in the <a href=https:\/\/www.house.gov\/>U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>, wandered into the organizational meeting &#8212; just as it was ending.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;This hearing is adjourned,&#8221; Schatz said as Mullin entered the committee room,    coffee cup in  tow.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nMullin can be seen throwing his hands in the air as he realizes he missed the important meeting, which was the committee&#8217;s first of the 118th Congress. His colleagues, as well as staff, started laughing.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe meeting  was scheduled to start at 11am Eastern in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. It lasted only about 7 minutes but Mullin  is eager to get to work for Indian Country even if he did show up late.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe Indian Affairs Committee plays a vital role in ensuring that the federal government upholds its trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal nations,&#8221; <a href=https:\/\/www.mullin.senate.gov\/press-releases\/markwayne-mullin-secures-key-committee-assignments-for-oklahoma\/>Mullin  said<\/a> in a statement. &#8220;I look forward to strengthening tribal sovereignty, pursuing self-determination policies, and fostering economic growth in Indian Country. Let\u2019s get to work.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn addition to Murkowski and Mullin, the Republican members of the committee are\r\n  <a href=https:\/\/www.hoeven.senate.gov\/>Sen. John Hoeven<\/a> (R-North Dakota), <a href=https:\/\/www.daines.senate.gov\/>Sen. Steve Daines<\/a> (R-Montana) and  <a href=https:\/\/www.rounds.senate.gov\/>Sen. Mike Rounds<\/a> (R-South Dakota). With the loss of one GOP seat and the arrival of Mullin, <a href=https:\/\/www.lankford.senate.gov\/>Sen. James Lankford<\/a> (R-Oklahoma) and <a href=https:\/\/www.moran.senate.gov\/>Sen. Jerry Moran<\/a> (R-Kansas) are no longer serving  on the panel.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/02\/13\/bipartisanship-is-our-strength-senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-touts-achievements-as-new-session-starts\/brianschatzlisamurkowski-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1696\" data-attachment-id=\"30974\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/02\/13\/bipartisanship-is-our-strength-senate-committee-on-indian-affairs-touts-achievements-as-new-session-starts\/brianschatzlisamurkowski-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14\/BrianSchatzLisaMurkowski-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1696\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1675944713&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lisa Murkowski and Brian Schatz\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lisa Murkowski and Brian Schatz&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), left, and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) serve as vice chair and chair, respectively of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, having been named to the leadership positions during an organizational business meeting in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2023. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/senatecommitteeonindianaffairs\/52679357315\/&gt;SCIA&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14\/BrianSchatzLisaMurkowski-1024x678.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14\/BrianSchatzLisaMurkowski-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Murkowski and Brian Schatz\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-30974\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), left, and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) serve as vice chair and chair, respectively of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, having been named to the leadership positions during an organizational business meeting in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2023. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/senatecommitteeonindianaffairs\/52679357315\/>SCIA<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nWith the chair and vice chair selected, as well as the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14\/sciarules118thcongress.pdf>rules adopted<\/a> at last week&#8217;s organizational meeting, the committee is convening this Wednesday for <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/business-meeting-consider-s-70-s-277-s-385>another business meeting<\/a>. The panel is due to consider and advance three Indian Country measures:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/70>S.70<\/a>, the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2023. The bill <a href=https:\/\/www.thune.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2021\/12\/thune-smith-rounds-tester-introduce-legislation-to-encourage-homeownership-across-indian-country>accelerates the review and processing of home mortgages<\/a> by  <a href=https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/>Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a>, which is part of the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a>. \r\n<\/li>\r\n <li>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/277>S.277<\/a>, a bill to place about 721 acres in California in trust for the <a href=http:\/\/www.palatribe.com\/>Pala Band of Mission Indians<\/a>. The land includes sacred and important places  in and around Gregory Mountain. A companion version &#8212; <a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/423>H.R.423<\/a>, the Pala Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Act &#8212; <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/02\/06\/republican-controlled-house-set-to-approve-first-indian-country-bills\/>already passed the House<\/a> on February 6. <\/li>\r\n <li>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/385>S.385<\/a>, a    bill to amend the Native American Tourism and Improving Visitor Experience Act, also <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/09\/26\/president-barack-obama-signs-bill-to-pro.asp>known as the NATIVE Act<\/a>. The NATIVE Act requires federal agencies to update their existing <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/news\/press-release\/schatz-more-21-million-new-federal-tourism-grants-native-communities>management plans and tourism strategies to include American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nPrior to the organizational meeting, the <a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/downlink-nasa-astronaut-nicole-mann>committee  hosted an interview<\/a> with <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/12\/native-america-calling-inspiring-space-exploration\/>Nicole Aunapu Mann<\/a>, a citizen of the <a href=https:\/\/www.rvit.org\/about\/about-us>Round Valley Indian Tribes<\/a> who is the <a href=https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/astronauts\/biographies\/nicole-a-mann\/biography>first Native woman in space<\/a>. She spoke with lawmakers from the International Space Station last Tuesday, February 7.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Notices<\/div>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/downlink-nasa-astronaut-nicole-mann>Downlink with NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann<\/a> (February 7, 2023)<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/organizational-business-meeting-2>Organizational Business Meeting<\/a>  (February 9, 2023)<BR>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.indian.senate.gov\/hearing\/business-meeting-consider-s-70-s-277-s-385>Business Meeting to consider S. 70, S. 277 &#038; S. 385<\/a> (February 15, 2023)\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/01\/04\/republicans-eager-to-rain-on-historic-funding-achievement-for-indian-country\/\" title=\"Republicans eager to rain on historic funding achievement for Indian Country\">Republicans eager to rain on historic funding achievement for Indian Country<\/a> (January 4, 2023)<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after what the legislative panel\u2019s bipartisan leadership said was an extremely productive session.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20,13,1,14],"tags":[869,3586,2567,214,370,117,925,625,38,633,170,3822,346,88,118,75,56,48,696,210,1319,1089,842,53,286,335,186,211,629,296,209,3826,3827,527,3824,3825,3823,213,91,195,1136,251,455,153,44],"class_list":["post-30949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-118th","tag-2567","tag-appropriations","tag-ben-ray-lujan","tag-bia","tag-brian-schatz","tag-bryan-newland","tag-california","tag-catherine-cortez-masto","tag-congress","tag-coronavigus","tag-dc","tag-deb-haaland","tag-doi","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-house","tag-housing","tag-ihs","tag-infrastructure","tag-james-lankford","tag-jerry-moran","tag-joe-biden","tag-john-hoeven","tag-jon-tester","tag-land-into-trust","tag-lisa-murkowski","tag-maria-cantwell","tag-markwayne-mullin","tag-mike-rounds","tag-nicole-aunapu-mann","tag-nicole-mann","tag-pala","tag-s-277","tag-s-385","tag-s-70","tag-scia","tag-senate","tag-steve-daines","tag-tina-smith","tag-tourism","tag-vawa","tag-water","tag-women","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/14\/BrianSchatzLisaMurkowski-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-83b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}