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🧵The #DebtCeilingDeal is headed to a vote today. Here’s what Tribes and Native people need to know:
1. It's critical that we reflect on how the GOP has held the global economy hostage to benefit their fossil fuel allies. This alone signals how broken this system is.
1. It's critical that we reflect on how the GOP has held the global economy hostage to benefit their fossil fuel allies. This alone signals how broken this system is.
2. We are seeing cuts to Native/Indian programs within DOI, HUD and to Indian Education. To be clear, this is a disservice to American Indian People and Tribes as many of our programs have been historically underfunded.
3. A win for Tribes and Indigenous communities: IRA provisions for our communities remain intact as well as the $20B for Tribes in ARPA
4. Another win for Native People is that the deal protects new advance appropriations for IHS - although the flat funding for 2-4 years is essentially a cut due to inflation. There is more work to do.
5. A big concern for Tribes and Indigenous communities are the changes to #NEPA. While there was not a whole rewrite of NEPA, we believe the changes are unnecessary and based on myths. NEPA does not slow down 99% of projects, rather it gives voice to communities & upholds equity
6. Lastly, the inclusion of the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in the debt ceiling is a clear giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. The fact of the matter, is that a pipeline approval has no place in this bill and is counter to the Biden Administration's climate goals.
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