September 17, 2020 | Committee on Indian Affairs PR
U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, held a virtual roundtable with Tribal leaders as part of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Tribal Unity Impact Days event. During the roundtable, Udall discussed his continued efforts to secure more federal resources to respond to the ongoing pandemic and his work on legislative priorities for Native communities.
Udall also addressed other legislation he has championed on Indian Country priorities. “So far this Congress, the [Senate Committee on Indian Affairs] has seen six of its bills enacted into law, including my Esther Martinez Native American Languages Programs Reauthorization Act, which reauthorized through 2024 Native languages grant programs that have already proven their success, enabling more than 4,000 youth and adults to speak a Native language on a yearly basis."