[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 116 (Thursday, July 16, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H4617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 FIGHT AGAINST ASSAULT ON PUBLIC LANDS

  (Ms. STANSBURY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, this week the administration has 
continued its assault on our public and sacred lands, repealing 
critical protections for Chaco Canyon and Bears Ears, two of our most 
sacred cultural landscapes.
  For New Mexico's Tribes and pueblos, these are not relics of the 
past. They are living, sacred places where history, culture, religion, 
and identity endure. They hold thousands of ancestral sites that are 
central to ceremonies, traditions, the stories, and the people who have 
cared for these lands since time immemorial.
  These repeals disregard years of Tribal consultation and open the 
door to oil, gas, and mining, threatening sacred sites that are 
irreplaceable.
  Let me be clear, though. This fight is not over. We will stand with 
our Tribal Nations, our communities, and everyone fighting on the front 
lines. We will fight back in the courts, in Congress, and alongside our 
Tribal Nations and the American people because our sacred sites are not 
for sale.

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