Name: Bryan Warner: We need to get this across the finish line before the end of the calendar year. Congress could have included reauthorization language in the recently enacted 21st Century Road to Housing Act, but it chose not to. It is imperative that we finish the job today. On behalf of the Cherokee Nation and the National Congress of American Indians, I respectfully urge Congress to enact the Nahasda Modernization Act of 2026.
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Bryan Warner

39:26 - 39:51

“We need to get this across the finish line before the end of the calendar year. Congress could have included reauthorization language in the recently enacted 21st Century Road to Housing Act, but it chose not to. It is imperative that we finish the job today. On behalf of the Cherokee Nation and the National Congress of American Indians, I respectfully urge Congress to enact the Nahasda Modernization Act of 2026.”

Speaker: Bryan Warner
Timestamp: 39:26 – 39:51
Transcript: Senate Indian Affairs (Murkowski): Hearings to examine housing needs in native communities, including S.5354, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996.
Community: Alaska News
Location: Alaska
Captured at: September 16, 2026

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We need to get this across the finish line before the end of the calendar year. Congress could have included reauthorization language in the recently enacted 21st Century Road to Housing Act, but it chose not to. It is imperative that we finish the job today. On behalf of the Cherokee Nation and the National Congress of American Indians, I respectfully urge Congress to enact the Nahasda Modernization Act of 2026. And I say wado for this opportunity.

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