{"id":3284,"date":"2020-06-25T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senate-indian-affairs-committee-holds-hearing-on-wyden-and-merkleys-bills-to-support-oregon-tribes-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:34","slug":"senate-indian-affairs-committee-holds-hearing-on-wyden-and-merkleys-bills-to-support-oregon-tribes-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-indian-affairs-committee-holds-hearing-on-wyden-and-merkleys-bills-to-support-oregon-tribes-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"El Comit\u00e9 Senatorial de Asuntos Ind\u00edgenas Celebra una Audiencia sobre los Proyectos de Ley de Wyden y Merkley para Apoyar a las Tribus de Oreg\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Washington DC<\/i>&nbsp;&ndash; The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs yesterday held a hearing on the&nbsp;<i>Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2019<\/i>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-introduce-bill-to-improve-water-quality-and-services-for-western-tribes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislaci\u00f3n<\/a>&nbsp;introduced by&nbsp;U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley to&nbsp;improve water quality and services for tribal communities in Oregon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Committee also discussed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/116th-congress\/senate-bill\/2716\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislaci\u00f3n<\/a>&nbsp;sponsored by Merkley and Wyden&nbsp;that seeks to correct an error made in a 1994 piece of legislation to correct an old survey error. This legislation would allow&nbsp;the&nbsp;Confederated Tribes&nbsp;of Grand Ronde&nbsp;to address any future survey errors discovered on their original reservation with the federal government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>&#8220;This&nbsp;hearing is an important step toward making sure tribal governments in Oregon receive the federal resources necessary to end the cycle&nbsp;of temporary fixes and toward stable and reliable investments in water infrastructure.&nbsp;It also brings the Grand Ronde closer to justice after an egregious and serious surveying error made by the federal government,&#8221;&nbsp;<\/b>Wyden said. &#8220;<b>I urge the Committee to swiftly pass these&nbsp;essential&nbsp;bills so they can be&nbsp;considered by the full Senate.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&ldquo;Nearly three decades ago, the Grand Ronde sought to fix a surveying error within their reservation boundary only for the federal government to make another,&rdquo;<\/b>&nbsp;dijo Merkley.&nbsp;<b>&ldquo;This hearing is an important step forward in the Grand Ronde&#8217;s fight to right that wrong, as well as helping build the high-quality water infrastructure all of our tribal communities need and deserve. I&rsquo;m going to keep fighting until these bills make it across the finish line.&rdquo;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&ldquo;The United States made errors in surveying Grand Ronde lands, and it then took away from Grand Ronde its right to be compensated for these errors. That&rsquo;s not fair. I&lsquo;d like to thank Senators Merkley and Wyden for working to correct this injustice,&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/b>said&nbsp;Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde&nbsp;Chairwoman&nbsp;Cheryle A. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cEsta legislaci\u00f3n arrojar\u00eda un salvavidas a tribus como Warm Springs que necesitan urgentemente mejoras en la infraestructura del agua para atender a sus miembros tribales\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b>dijo el presidente de las Tribus Confederadas de Warm Springs, Raymond Tsumpti.<\/p>\n<p><b>&ldquo;Climate change is threatening the water supply of many Oregon communities &mdash; even on the coast. Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley&rsquo;s bill would help Oregon tribes access funds to avert those challenges,&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/b>dijo el presidente de las Tribus Confederadas de Indios Siletz, Dee Pigsley.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Una versi\u00f3n web de este comunicado es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/senate-indian-affairs-committee-holds-hearing-on-wyden-and-merkleys-bills-to-support-oregon-tribes\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs yesterday held a hearing on the&nbsp;Western Tribal Water Infrastructure Act of 2019,&nbsp;legislation&nbsp;introduced by&nbsp;U.S. Sens. 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