AOC Slams Republicans' 'Profoundly Unfair Line Of Attack' Against Deb Haaland About Border

got one too but I'm going to let you go first oh well thank you Mr chairman I appreciate that um unanimous consent for 100 please Mr chairman uh since it has been suggested erroneously that the secretary failed to consult with Alaskan natives I seek unanimous consent to enter into the record of document outlining doi's extensive engagement and consultation with North Slope local governments Alaska native corporations and tribal entities regarding the NPR rule without objection thank you I also have a unanimous consent request this is an article from the New York Post titled City Hall vows to probe lawlessness following post report on spiking crime around Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter it says according to NYPD Data Theft robbery and uh Petty larne are all increased in the 63rd precinct which includes the former Federal Airfield between November 27th and January 7th the first several weeks of migrants being housed at the massive Tent City uh without objection so order chair now recognizes the gentle lady from New York Miss aaso Miss aaso Cortez for five minutes you're Rec thank you much uh thank you very much Mr chairman um New York Post in the Congressional Record can't believe it um I uh I I want to return a little bit um to to one of the question lines that we saw earlier um Madam Secretary and um I want to clarify a few things you are the Secretary of the Interior correct you are not the Secretary of Homeland Security correct the jurisdiction for Border enforcement largely falls under uh the Secretary of homeland's uh department is that correct that is my understanding and um I think it is uh profoundly unfair there of a line of attack to come in uh for explicitly targeting a secretary whose jurisdiction is legally bound uh for not being nominated to a different department um and I I I think it's it's profoundly uh important that we have Clarity here on the jurisdiction uh of the Interior I also find it uh very odd that there seems to be this push for you to be coordinated with the secretary with secretary mayorcas when the Republican majority has voted to impeach secretary mayorcas on no evidence with no allegation of a specific crime and yet if their allegation is that this is a a reckless individual they also seem to be um alleging here that you should somehow be our responsible for working with that so that to me also I I find to make no sense and also cuts to the core of what this whole immigration thing is about here which is uh unfortunately not a solution but politics and it's about not making sure that we solve this issue not providing a path to citizenship not ensuring that we are are providing resources to judges to adjudicate these cases but to continue to restrict the resources and policies necessary so that there continues to be a problem so that it can continue to run a new cycle We Are Better Than This sec AR Holland I'm going to say it because I think it's important to you are the first Native cabinet secretary in the history of the United States is that correct yes congresswoman let alone the first indigenous woman to ever serve as a Cabinet secretary in the history of the United States from either party is that correct yes yes congresswoman I find the notion or the suggestion and not just because of your identity it is because of your record your record the insinuation that you do not care for or the insinuation that you are not extraordinarily attentive to tribal issues to be deeply offensive it is deeply deeply offensive and you are not in a position to speak up for yourself because you are an eminent professional and I'm going to say it I'm going to say it because this woman has served on this dis too and I had a front row seat to how she advocated for Native communities here in the United States Congress too and the insinuation that that is somehow not Central to her Mission here is just completely unsubstantiated and that's a line that we should not cross it's just not tribal consultation is very important and it is fraught different tribes have different standards for consultation is that correct uh secretary Holland um ye yes congresswoman no and no tribes no tribe is a monolith tribes are not they're in different areas of the country they're all going to have different experiences and advocate for different things and so it is extraordinarily challenging when we have such a great diversity of our tribal communities in this country to meet all these different stand standards of consultation but the department of interior has taken historic measures to meet everyone where they are at is that correct is it is that a fair assessment to make congresswoman when we first got into office I'll just point out that we had a consultation on tribal consultations we got tribes together to ask them what's the best way for us to meet you where you are and so um we take that information and it helps us you know guide us through How We Do consultations for various issues um through the various bureaus and offices but also in general uh for Indian Country thank you very much secretary Holland and you know while while I am sure that there are places where we always can improve and there are places where where we can always make sure that we meet people better I want us to be very mindful about the individual that we are speaking to here and to make sure that we're doing that with respect and with that I yield back the gentle lady yields back the chair now recognizes the gentleman from Wisconsin the chair of the subcommittee on public lands Mr Tiffany

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