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Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2016 INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2016 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES KEN CALVERT, California, Chairman MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota TOM COLE, Oklahoma CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio DEREK KILMER, Washington CHRIS STEWART, Utah STEVE ISRAEL, New York MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Rogers, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mrs. Lowey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. DAVE LESSTRANG, DARREN BENJAMIN, JASON GRAY, BETSY BINA, and KRISTIN RICHMOND, Staff Assistants PART 8 Page Testimony of Interested Individual and Organizations Public Witnesses, March 18, 2015 ........................................ 1 American Indian/Alaska Native Public Witnesses, March 24, 2015 ...................................................................... 315 American Indian/Alaska Native Public Witnesses, March 25, 2015 ...................................................................... 583 Written Testimony from Individuals and Organizations ........................................................................ 828 U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 94–546 WASHINGTON : 2015 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky, Chairman RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey NITA M. LOWEY, New York ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio KAY GRANGER, Texas PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho JOSE´ E. SERRANO, New York JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON, Texas ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina JOHN R. CARTER, Texas LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California KEN CALVERT, California SAM FARR, California TOM COLE, Oklahoma CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR., Georgia CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania BARBARA LEE, California TOM GRAVES, Georgia MICHAEL M. HONDA, California KEVIN YODER, Kansas BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas STEVE ISRAEL, New York JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska TIM RYAN, Ohio THOMAS J. ROONEY, Florida C. A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland CHARLES J. FLEISCHMANN, Tennessee DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida JAIME HERRERA BEUTLER, Washington HENRY CUELLAR, Texas DAVID P. JOYCE, Ohio CHELLIE PINGREE, Maine DAVID G. VALADAO, California MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois ANDY HARRIS, Maryland DEREK KILMER, Washington MARTHA ROBY, Alabama MARK E. AMODEI, Nevada CHRIS STEWART, Utah E. SCOTT RIGELL, Virginia DAVID W. JOLLY, Florida DAVID YOUNG, Iowa EVAN H. JENKINS, West Virginia STEVEN M. PALAZZO, Mississippi WILLIAM E. SMITH, Clerk and Staff Director (II) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRON- MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- PRIATIONS FOR 2016 TESTIMONY OF INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015. PUBLIC WITNESSES Mr. CALVERT. Good morning. The committee will come to order, and welcome to the first of two public witness hearings we are hav- ing today. The subcommittee will hear from a cross-section of indi- viduals representing a wide variety of issues addressed by the sub- committee. The chair will call each panel of witnesses to the table one panel at a time. Each witness will be provided with up to 5 minutes to present their testimony. We will be using this little timer here to track the progress of each witness. When the button turns yellow, the witness will have 1 minute remaining to conclude his or her re- marks. Witnesses who speak less than 5 minutes will score brownie points. Members will have an opportunity to ask questions of the wit- nesses, but in the interests of time, the chair requests that we all keep this thing within the 5-minute rule. So if you want more time for questions, have less testimony. The chair reminds those in the hearing room that the Committee Rules prohibit the use of outside cameras and audio equipment during these hearings. Anyone using cameras, recording devices or audio equipment must be credentialed through one of the House press galleries. I am now happy to yield to my friend, Ms. McCollum, for any re- marks she may wish to make. Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I am glad we are having this and I look forward to hearing all the testimony. Thank you. Mr. CALVERT. Okay. With that, we are going to start with Dr. Tiffany Lopez, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Science at the University of California, which was in my Congressional dis- trict for 20 years, so welcome to Washington, D.C., Tiffany. You are recognized for 5 minutes. (1) 2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015. COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIV- ERSIDE WITNESS TIFFANY LOPEZ Ms. LOPEZ. Thank you so much. Thank you for this opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Tiffany Lopez, and I am the Tomas Rivera Endowed Chair of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. I am here today to testify on behalf of UCR in strong support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National En- dowment for the Arts. But first I would like to begin with my own personal story so that you can see how an education in the arts and humanities can truly be life-changing. I was raised in a violent family environment headed by a phys- ically and emotionally raging alcoholic father. At the age of 15, I had a startling vision: if I were to remain at home another day, I or someone else in my family would surely die. I remember packing my school bag with a change of clothes, a toothbrush and some books, knowing I would not be back and the world as I knew it would be no more. I called Children’s Protective Services. My sib- lings were removed from our home, and my mother disappeared for 3 years. I began working full time in fast food and taking classes at a community college. I hoped to one day be a fast food franchise owner. I struggled to overcome various challenges as a first-genera- tion college student. In fact, when I was advised to transfer to a California state university to get my bachelor’s degree, I thought only doctors and scientists had such an advanced education. I did not know I could continue my studies majoring in the humanities and arts, and to be honest, I credit literature, theater and visual art for saving my life by showing me that the abusive and toxic story of my childhood was just one story in my life and that there were other stories I could make for myself and share with others as my mentors had with me. I would like to share with you one of the NEH grants at the Uni- versity of California, Riverside, that I am a part of, which is for $100,000 to establish a health humanities program to complement the training of health professionals at UCR’s new School of Medi- cine. The idea is to improve doctor-patient interactions by devel- oping an engaged conversation between faculty of the humanities and medicine around the cultural, economic, historical and philo- sophical complexities of health and medical encounters. This focus will allow doctors and patients to better understand one another and it will better contribute to the community with its notion of its health and wellness. As you can see, NEA and NEH provide valuable resources to the inland empire that promote productive global engagement, strong communities and cultural heritage. Not only do these programs allow our communities and our students to explore who we are as Americans but they also have the power to change lives. I hope 3 that you can support both NEA and NEH each at $155 million in fiscal year 2016. Mr. Chairman, I know that you have been a strong advocate and a great friend to UCR over the years, and UCR and I truly thank you for all of your support. I know you have also been a champion of the arts and the humanities as you have worked diligently to maintain funding for NEA and NEH during these difficult budget times. Our community also thanks you for hosting NEH Chair- woman Jane Chu in Riverside in February. Again, UCR and I thank you for your efforts. I will be delighted to answer any questions you may have. Thank you. [The statement of Tiffany Lopez follows:] 4 5 6 Mr. CALVERT. Thank you, and thank you for what you are doing. I met Tomas Rivera many years ago, he was a great individual. I want to thank you for what you have done with your life. I came out of the restaurant business also, so it is a good thing, but you have obviously done very well with yourself, and so we are very proud of you. Ms. LOPEZ. Thank you. Mr. CALVERT. Ms. McCollum, do you have any comments? Ms. MCCOLLUM. Great testimony. Mr. CALVERT. Great. Thank you very much. We appreciate your testimony. Ms. LOPEZ. Thank you. Thank you so much. Mr. CALVERT. Next is Dr. Tamara Mann, the John Strassburger Fellow in American Studies at Columbia University, National Hu- manities Alliance. Good morning, you are recognized for 5 minutes. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2015. NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE WITNESS TAMARA MANN Ms. MANN. Thank you for having me. My first class as a college professor started at 9 a.m. It was only 7:30 and I was pacing the small seminar room, fretting about a course I had long admired but never imagined I would actually teach. Every summer for the past 6 years, 30 low-income, minority public high school students arrive on Columbia University’s cam- pus to take an intensive Great Books course as part of the Freedom and Citizenship Program. For a veteran teacher, the syllabus is challenging: one day Plato, the next Aristotle, and then on to Locke, Jefferson, Lincoln, and King. For a novice, it is completely terrifying.
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