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In Monument Valley, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez signed the Utah Navajo Water Rights Settlement Act. Sponsored by Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, it recognizes 81,500 acre-feet of water from the Colorado River, and directs the federal government to spend $220 million for water infrastructure. ....
Updated Mar 11, 2021 Dan Sullivan Mum On Deb Haaland As Alaska GOP Colleagues Support Her Lisa Murkowski and Don Young back Biden s historic interior secretary nominee. So do tribes in their state. Where s the Republican senator? Interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland is on track to be confirmed on Monday. Every Democratic senator is expected to vote for her confirmation. Two Republicanshave said they’ll back her historic nomination, too. The only question now is how many other GOP senators will vote to confirm the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) may be in the most uncomfortable position of them all. ....
Mitt Romney and Mike Lee should vote to confirm Haaland as interior secretary. (Matt Brown | AP photo) This Feb. 21 photo shows a billboard in Billings, Montana, displays support for New Mexico U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. If confirmed, she would be the first Native American to lead the agency that has broad oversight over tribal affairs and energy development. By Nathaniel Brown, Charlaine Tso and Herman Daniels | Special to The Tribune | Feb. 27, 2021, 4:00 p.m. As Navajo Nation Council delegates representing Utah Navajos, and members of the Navajo Utah Commission, we are writing to express our support for the confirmation of Rep. Deb Haaland as secretary of the Department of the Interior. ....
/ The Mexican Hat Disposal Cell holds radioactive material from a uranium mill located nearby which operated from 1957 to 1965, and from another uranium mill site 15 miles southwest, near Monument Valley. Utah lawmakers want Congress to extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA. It’s a federal program meant to help those suffering the effects of nuclear testing or uranium mining. RECA is set to expire in 2022, despite ongoing radiation exposure and hundreds of pending claims. “It’s not an old, dead issue now,” Owens said. “There are still ongoing claims. There’s probably thousands of people out there who don’t know they have a claim yet or who should be entitled to compensation.” ....
Deseret News Sens. Romney, Sinema also introduce legislation to expand access to drinking water on tribal nations Share this story People get tested for COVID-19 outside of the Montezuma Creek Community Health Center in Montezuma Creek, San Juan County, on May 1, 2020. Washington D.C. extended two olive branches to the Navajo Nation Tuesday, with President Joe Biden signing a major disaster declaration to help with the reservation’s COVID-19 response and Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., introducing legislation aimed at expanding access to drinking water on tribal nations around the country. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY Washington D.C. extended two olive branches to the Navajo Nation Tuesday, with President Joe Biden signing a major disaster declaration to help with the reservation’s COVID-19 response and Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., introducing legislation aimed at expanding access to drin ....