In September, Rep. Mike Honda of California, a member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, pledged his solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in a Medium post.
"It is wrong that the Army Corps of Engineers violated the federal trust responsibility by approving construction without meaningful tribal consultation," Honda wrote. "Construction must be halted so the Tribe can continue to fight to protect its waters and sacred places. Respect for Tribal sovereignty requires so."
Honda's post was quickly followed up by a visit to Standing Rock by Rep. Raul Ruiz, a fellow California Democrat.
Ruiz, a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee's Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee, visited the site of the proposed 1,168-mile-long Dakota Access Pipeline in September. Then he and Rep. Raà ºl Grijalva, D-Ariz., ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee ranking member, called for a larger hearing on the matter.
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