@ you don’t wonder why Barrasso is so out of sorts over a 7 million inactive power plant? There is absolutely more to this than he is letting on. It doesn’t pass the “smell” test.
“Wyoming’s congressional delegation did not consult Eastern Shoshone before advancing a bill that would give a non-tribal water district a derelict power plant within Wind River Indian Reservation.”
The dam will likely provide energy sources for indian and non indian families also and benefit many businesses in the area. Hope it passes. Tina Smith is always looking for votes only and not the welfare of the people
That property belongs to all of us who are citizens, it is government property, why not put it up for bids, and, then put the money back in the treasury. It is just another handout to business. Sell it and use the money for something useful. Do you think they will give the electrictiy away for free? No, they will make a profit, so, sell it do not give it away.
@@LawrenceBroussard so then you cant comprehend the stuff youre hearing? The local tribes don't want it. Sad that a senator from a different state has to stand up for the people in wyoming.
For the most part, but how you operate the dam can have impacts on local communities so the tribes asking to be consulted with is not unreasonable and actually a requirement under most operating plans. This clip just highlights how complex most issues are but to get the clicks lets get the emotional part and not talk the details.
@Diamondsinatra it's ok the tribe will just loose out on much needed cash dividends from the power company when the expansion of all natural thermal heated water goes through out the southwest and other parts of the country. People have to stop being obstructive and become educated and constructive. ,the tribe will suffer because of this stoppage, that money could go for medical care, housing, education,tribal business...
@Kurt yes, but you guys also gave her walking papers💪. Liz pooched her own career and will likely stay irrelevant (other than getting her comeuppance).
Owned by Bureau of Reclamation (a Federal Agency) - NOT owned by the Tribes (Tribal land) therefore Wyoming local residents should have rights to this plant
Bottom line: no free land. You want it, you buy it for fair market value. If the Federal government wants it for their purposes, then it’s not for sale. If we do sell it to you it comes with all the current restrictions. If you decide to use it for energy production, then it will be regulated under current statutes and you oversight. Adjacent land owners and sovereign countries that could be impacted by a sale will be consulted. Take it or leave it.
Wyoming’s congressional delegation did not consult Eastern Shoshone before advancing a bill that would give a non-tribal water district a derelict power plant within Wind River Indian Reservation. So once again a politian wants to tell native tribes what they can do with their own land.
Life long Minnesota resident here, I don't claim her and I'm so very sorry our handful of counties elect these clowns into office to flip us blue. It's a shame. Your state is your state to do what you want with, period.
@KarmamixedwithKindness Lifelong Minnesota resident here, we actually voted for her and totally do claim her. We aren't flipping you blue, Minnesota is blue, you should move to SD or FL or something.
Who are the stakeholders? If it is going to benefit tribal and local lands…give it to the tribes, or have the state take ownership. -not some multi-national shadow corporation, who will likely take the profits overseas.
This is a transfer of an asset of the United States to a group of "stake holders"? Sorry, I'd need more details before I agree. His snippy fit at the end didn't advance his cause for me.
I have never figured out why the large cities vote blue and are always in trouble financially and everywhere else votes red. doesn't make sense to me. they have ruined the beautiful state of Mn
SD (and Wisconsin) have had tens of thousands come their way in order to flee the crazy making lunacy in MN. Apparently the state needs to clean house and rid itself of its poison pill politicians.
@@paulb3095 The "blue cities" produce all the tax revenue because that's where all the people live. There are 5.7 million people in Minnesota. 3.7 million of them live in the twin cities. If you think red states are any different then you're part of the problem. States like louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky all have as much as 40% of their state budget come from federal subsidies. Thats socialism. Those states can't survive without hand outs. If the blue states left america, The red states would be a 3rd world country because they'd be bankrupt.
I'm a Democratic voting citizen of Minnesota and I also kinda gotta agree here. I'm unsure what Tina Smith is doing and why she's moving to block this particular bill. I'm sure there's some evil conspiracy behind it, and that's why the Republican is full of righteous anger and recrimination and all that - that's how they act when there's public money to be stolen. BUT - put up or shut up Sen. Smith. If you know the details of the plan to steal money, then state it for the record. Otherwise, let them have it.
I had no idea that people in Minnesota and New Mexico had elected politicians that stupid. Blows my mind. Keep up the good fight Wyoming, much love from Utah!!
Have you heard of Tim Walz? He presided over more than a half billion dollars of paid, but fraudulent, claims made by MN Non-Profits. They were billing for services they never provided. But, nobody noticed until the number got so large it could not be ignored. These prople were voted into office by Twin Cities liberals who seem to idolize the local paper, the Star-Tribune.
Did a majority of the comments on this video not watch it? The only reason Mrs. Smith objected is to wait until tribal consultation is received. For some reason Mr. Barrasso wants to start a vendetta against two states instead of getting just consulting some tribes about it?
kneejerk reactionaries seeing someone from their party saying things about the other party leads to comment sections like these. it’s about political theatre more than it is helping anybody; when people point to three letter acronyms instead of the goings-on of the real world, we get this kind of dissonance and lack of engagement with things that actually matter
Transfer of this power station from the feds to the State of Wyoming literally has nothing to do with Natives. It didn’t when it was built, and it doesn’t today. Tina knows this.
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your efforts in advocating for the interests of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Your support in matters such as the federal lands initiative demonstrates your commitment to preserving our state's values and ensuring that local voices are heard. We did not support this at all the Tribes as they are not fully informed on important issues. As a resident of Wind River Indian Reservation, I deeply appreciate your dedication to protecting our resources and fostering growth in our region. Please know that your leadership does not go unnoticed. Thank you again for your hard work Tina Smith we need more people like you!!
So the only issue is that the tribes want to get consultation. Hydro operations can have an affect on tribal reservations, so why not do the consultation and then move on and deal with any concerns. What is so hard about following the regulations.
There are no regulations demanding tribal consultation, as the land is owned by the Bureau of Land Reclamation, not the Bureau of Indian Affiars, but as Senator Barrasso pointed out that consultation has already happened. This is simply a delay tactic by the junior senators of Minnesota and New Mexico to kill the bill and make sure the plant is shut down in order to increase energy costs and serve their own private interests.
Barrasso is unlikely to have gone through the proper channels and now resorts to bullying because his reasoning is poor. It doesn’t only affect Wyoming: it involves federal treaty negotiations with sovereign nations (negotiations which have been violated by the state in the past) and involves two tribal governments. There are upstream and downstream issues, and the tribes should have an option on the resources generated by a likely expanded project and the associated (likely) land grab, as well as influence on the ecological impacts.
Hate how they always try to lowball the treaty tribe. Lifelong Wyoming residents know that this is happening on tribal lands. Thankful for sovereignty!! ✊🏼✊🏼
EXAAACTLYYYYY!!! This is typical backroom, demoncrat BS. I am SO SICK AND TIRED of these dems and their incessant corruption thinly-veiled as "compassion."
No, but, it most likely would go to some business that will make a profit, and, who knows which party they support. Being that it is in Wyoming, you can bet the will not be donating any money to Lynn Cheney.
@keithkuckler2551 present power provider for Wyoming is Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway holding company! Yep some left-wing donor will take a hit in the pocketbook!
He can’t handle being inconvenienced by a difference of opinion. He wins elections through gerrymandering and the shroud of propaganda media that envelops Wyoming and red areas, but he is widely hated in Wyoming.
I am a native Minnesotan, I have voted for Democrats and at times Republicans, I live in a very rural and wild part of the state, where we have a native american reservation and a good chunk of our county is within their sovereign territory. It is always usual for the local county government, and our own Department of Natural Resources, as well as the USDA to take the interests of the tribe in to any consideration. I suspect that in this case, a sweetheart deal is being done that will benefit whoever runs the power plant, which I assume is on a river or stream. Why not put the property up for bids, instead of giving it to a private business. If it makes economic sense, let them figure that cost into the scope of the project. If tribal objections if any are dealt with, that is how it should happen. We did not get the whole story here, and, with out all the facts, I am not going to condemn my senator. Minnesota chooses its own representatives and, if we do not approve of her, we will vote her out of office. Wyoming has more cattle than people, and, yet it gets the same two senators that Minnesota gets despite us having over 10 times as many people, that is the way the constiution was written but, it is hardly represenative government either. Wyoming is a beautiful place, I vacationed in parts of it this past summer, but, to have one of its senators threatening two other states with retribution is not the way to get things done. The new Senate will have a Republican majority, so, they will get antoher bite at the apple.
Have you seen the Pilot Butte power plant? To say it affects even 2 1/2 acres would seem exaggeration. It seems the waters flow from a reservoir created by the dam and drains into the "Wyoming canal," with no mention of any stream, river or creek. But don't take my word for it. See what the Bureau of Reclamation says about it. www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=574 Also, it seems to me the entire state of Colorado separates Wyoming from New Mexico. How does a project that small have any impact on tribes over s state away?
It's owned by the department of reclamation. It already exists in a derelict status. Why would the local Natives need consulted? In all honesty the way Minnesota votes I think most of America would be ok with you joining Canada at this point. How many senators does RI get?
Well said and deduced, Keith. This plant is on an important river squarely inside the reservation, where two sovereign nations have tribal government councils, and there are upstream and downstream concerns. He says it only affects Wyoming, but rivers cross state lines. This river empties into the Atlantic Ocean eventually and traverses many states. This senator is in bed with big pharma and oil and gas and does not fairly represent all Wyoming citizens. He had(has?) a call-in show and never accepts calls from people who challenge him. He’s weak sauce and should be investigated for conflicts of interest. He simps near anyone on camera, and we saw a lot of him during Trump’s last term. He’s not from Wyoming, and through gerrymandering, he keeps his position by wide margins. He is not popular among most tribal members and far from accountable. You’ve summed it up nicely. Probably a sweetheart deal for a special interest/friend/donor and he’s pretty immature at negotiating. Weak sauce, but pompously so.
I have questions: - Is this a petty objection? - Who are the stakeholders getting this land for free? - Is it for the public good? - Was there an end around a procedure in Native Affairs? - Will it cost more than 7 million to repair? - Who got the energy before it broke?
Why does any of that matter? It's going to be demolished. The Federal Government considers it trash, and the State of Wyoming wants to restore it at their own expense. The locals are in favor of it, including the local tribes. Yet, Minnesota and New Mexico would rather see it destroyed than given to locals who need it. How very progressive.
As usual, Barrasso is not telling the whole story. The tribes are objecting to the land transfer. Thank you to MN and NM for standing up for what’s right. As a lifelong WY resident, his childish reaction is embarrassing too. Wyoming deserves better.
@rlhicks1 that is BS. I have been reading even wyoming local news about this. The tribes found out from the news reports. He did not talk to them. A simple little Google search of maps clearly shows it in tribal lands.
Its very likely that the senator from Wyoming is trying to help some of HIS donors with the gift of a power plant that they can pull profits from. Maybe he should suggest the state of Wyoming take contol of it instead of private business if his intentions are solely to help his voters?
Barrasso never once says who this property will be passed to. Seems like he is trying to pull a fast one, and is lining his pocket with the honoraria of a company that doesn't have any ties to the local native americans. More corporate greed again?? Glad it didn't work.
Course he didn't actually respond to the raised concerns about due consideration to the local Tribal Nations, just repeated the cherries in the deal and then went the petty way.
Senators Tina Smith should give her residential property in Minnesota back to the tribes that rightly owned it before her unless she’s just a liberal hypocrite…
By that logic why not give all the native american land back to the tribes, you could start with the Black Hills, or the whole Powder River Basin in Wyoming, All of us who are descended from immigrants who homesteaded land would be in the same boat.
It sounds like Smith is just saying we should follow our treaty obligations with the tribes. So unless her house is required by treaty to be given back to them (which I doubt because those treaties generally were the tribes ceding land to us), I don't see how this is a hypocritical position
Senators from other states used to respect the rights of Senators to pass legislation that impacts their home states. The Senators from New Mexico need to butt out of Wyoming.
This land is is on Fort Bridger Treaty Lands - there has been no consultation with our Eastern Shoshone, Shoshone Bannocks tribes the treaty holders of this land, no consultation with the Northern Arapaho tribe who reside on our reservation. This is a land and water theft by the state of Wyoming - STOP PILOT BUTTE, STOP PILOT BUTTE, HONOR OUR TREATY, HONOR OUR TREATY. NO CONSULTATION TRIBES he has not met with our tribes.
It's Federal land and it's not 110,000 acres. It was sold to the federal government by the tribes in 1905, not to mention this bill literally has zero impact on Tribal land. It's like you didn't even read HR3415 and you're just spewing nonsense
The truth is a hydro-electric plant in operation affects far more territory than the land it's situated on. Just look at what's happening in Oregon. My understanding is the First Nations populations have a right to be heard and considered in this negotiation. For far too long, First Nations people have been bullied out of conversations like these. Mr Barrasso's temper tantrum is just the latest expression of that. Fear and rage seem to be the latest fashion in today's Trump lead Republican party. Sad. I was raised in a town where the single greatest act of genocide by the United States has ever committed took place, signed off on by Abraham Lincoln. It is looooooooong past time First Nations sovereignty be respected, and have a seat at the table.
Looking into this situation more objectively, the objection raised by Senator Smith was raised due to the tribes in Wyoming being against the transfer of this plant. Though Senator Barrasso stated he met with the tribes, at no point did he mention meeting with the tribe's leaders or attaining the tribe's approval. Based on this, it's like that Smith would not be in objection of this bill provided that official approval is gotten from the tribes. In Barrasso's response to Smith's objection, he did not any point bring up the tribes and more or less just said he'd kill any bills in Minnesota and New Mexico. I assume this is only a federal issue because it's federal lands being asked to be transferred to Wyoming, but this still feels like something that should be handled by the Wyoming Legislature and not the Federal one. I don't understand why any of the other 49 states should have any kind of say in this situation personally. Either way, that's my analysis of the situation.
Awesome! A Republican with a spine; willing to fight back with the same tactics these creeps use against him. I hope he does not cave to the RINO senate leadership and I hope the people of Wyoming win.
It took a senator from outside the state of Wyoming to stand up for the people of the Wind River Reservation! What an immature response from Barrasso. Tit-for-tat serves no one. For once do the right thing Sen. Barrasso!
This is one of those pick your battles situations. I think that there was something else to cause a hold on a 2.5 acre transfer. Now the other states will have problems they were not expecting.
Because the Senate is a federal body and they manage federal concerns, even old 2.5 acre power plants. The other senators stated that tribal authorities had not yet been consulted. Perhaps they should be.
Neither discuss the full issue at hand. I don’t know what the objections are from the Native American perspective band I don’t hear a clear picture of what the senator from Wyoming has discussed with the Native Americans. The senator Wyoming is describing the transfers of 2 1/2 acres of land, however it has a facility that will take 6 to 7 million to dismantle. And since it is described as a hydro plant I assume there is water involved. What is to become of the water that was once retained and how will it be shared out to all the people in the area. Any issues no clarification!
A little childish Barrasso. These are the rules one lives by in the House. If you want to get rid of the rules, then do so. However, the dems will do what they want in two years.
On the surface it sounded like a win-win proposition. Just have to really watch out for oil and gas not to sabotage it in the background because of them selling their gas-powered electricity to these folks.
No one owns the land, we are all only temporary residents/stewards of the land. When each of us dies, no one is going to step up to the coffin, grave, urn and shout wait we still have to put so ans so's 6000 acres in with him or her. The land is only on lone to us for the very very short time we are on it before we go back to it. Some were on it before others, which needs to be respected. Times also change all around the world and one has to adapt or they get pushed aside. It's seldom fair, but it is reality. Just look at the shake up throughout the Middle East today. Far more people/persons lives are being disrupted and will never go back to as they were than what happened here as settlers move from one coast to another coast. Just the facts, certainly seldom fair.
Yeah, mine, too, although she doesn't represent me. She's the worst of the trifecta for my district. I also have to suffer under Amy Klobuchar and Dean Phillips, although Phillips is the most reasonable of the bunch. Even more reasonable now after what the party did to him. He may end up red-pilled in the end and switch party allegiances, though he's not running again.
Saves the federal tax dollars needed to decommission and tear it down, not to mention the fact that the federal government will probably never do this and leave it until it crumbles and becomes a super fund clean up job.
I live in Smith's area, unfortunately. When I've called her office to ask her consideration on certain topics, her staff has literally laughed at me on the phone and ended with "whatever." That's her type of representation.
Who's not telling the truth? The tribes say they weren't consulted according to treaty. Barrasso says all stakeholders approve. UA-camr's make comments without knowing all the facts.
I really appreciate your efforts! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?
So cool ,logical thinking ,wow ,what a concept.... should be unanimous. Great job sen Barrsso, Common tribes its 2024 help your and other people peacefully.. 2 acres in the whole state Wy .,
Call them out! Go Barrosso!
So she wants this to go through the proper channels as it pertains to the local tribes? That seems reasonable.
Applause!
Sorry to see Barrasso is now legislating by losing his temper, yelling and threatening.
Wow! At least one senator has a pair of
Good work Mr Barrasso that's why we elected you
Man he is not happy, and I love his tenacity
He represents the fewest number of citizens of any US Senator.
@@jeffreyolive8375 And a couple senators who also represent small populations stuck their dumb noses into an issue where they don't belong.
@ you don’t wonder why Barrasso is so out of sorts over a 7 million inactive power plant? There is absolutely more to this than he is letting on. It doesn’t pass the “smell” test.
@@richardmagnone7712 the land in question here is federal to begin with
“Wyoming’s congressional delegation did not consult Eastern Shoshone before advancing a bill that would give a non-tribal water district a derelict power plant within Wind River Indian Reservation.”
The dam will likely provide energy sources for indian and non indian families also and benefit many businesses in the area. Hope it passes. Tina Smith is always looking for votes only and not the welfare of the people
Especially strange since Wyoming does not border New Mexico at all.
That property belongs to all of us who are citizens, it is government property, why not put it up for bids, and, then put the money back in the treasury. It is just another handout to business. Sell it and use the money for something useful. Do you think they will give the electrictiy away for free? No, they will make a profit, so, sell it do not give it away.
if it hurts voters, then how would it help her in an election?
What the hell does New Mexico have to do with Minnesota or Wyoming
Communism is what
They woke to apply woke, politically correct, leftist socialism everywhere, not just in their own states.
because its federal land as in Wyoming doesnt own it. thats why he has to ask in congress. Its actually pretty simple
That doesnt make any sense
Yes, the senator from Minnesota sounds like she's full of crap.
As a Minnesotan I say, GOOD FOR YOU Senator Barrasso!
Sad. A local power plant would benefit ALL local residents including tribal communities utilizing hydroelectric.
Wow, saves 7 million bucks and good for the local people, but she stopped it cold. No wonder the debt keeps going up.
The local people didnt want it. Did you even listen to what she said?
@@uralljabrones I did listen to the speaker and I also listened to the excuse for blocking a common sense decision.
@@LawrenceBroussard so then you cant comprehend the stuff youre hearing? The local tribes don't want it. Sad that a senator from a different state has to stand up for
the people in wyoming.
@@uralljabrones Thanks for the insult. Merry Christmas
@@LawrenceBroussard wheres the insult? It was a question.
Cleanest most reliable energy source you can get is hydropower!!!😊😊😊😊
This isn't true
For the most part, but how you operate the dam can have impacts on local communities so the tribes asking to be consulted with is not unreasonable and actually a requirement under most operating plans. This clip just highlights how complex most issues are but to get the clicks lets get the emotional part and not talk the details.
@Diamondsinatra it's ok the tribe will just loose out on much needed cash dividends from the power company when the expansion of all natural thermal heated water goes through out the southwest and other parts of the country. People have to stop being obstructive and become educated and constructive. ,the tribe will suffer because of this stoppage, that money could go for medical care, housing, education,tribal business...
So let the Native tribes sell it to the rest of the country!
Take a look what the James Bay hydro project did to Northern Quebec, or the 5 gorges dam in China.
As a Minnesotan, I apologize for our Democrat incompetent Karen DEI hires
And they keep getting reelected. Funny…
As a Wyomingite, I apologize my state elected Liz Cheney.
As a Minnesotan, I continue to apologize for our State politicians and the complete idiots that vote for them
@@bob55442 agree with you 100%.
@Kurt yes, but you guys also gave her walking papers💪. Liz pooched her own career and will likely stay irrelevant (other than getting her comeuppance).
Didn’t he say that the tribes were in favor of the plant?
Doesn't matter. Tina Smith is woke.
Maybe read the news and not just believe him. The local tribes are protesting the transfer.
He actually said that he had talked to members of the tribes who were in favor of it. The actual leadership hasn’t been consulted.
Owned by Bureau of Reclamation (a Federal Agency) - NOT owned by the Tribes (Tribal land) therefore Wyoming local residents should have rights to this plant
It doesn't impact tribal land at all, so that's irrelevant
Bottom line: no free land. You want it, you buy it for fair market value. If the Federal government wants it for their purposes, then it’s not for sale. If we do sell it to you it comes with all the current restrictions. If you decide to use it for energy production, then it will be regulated under current statutes and you oversight. Adjacent land owners and sovereign countries that could be impacted by a sale will be consulted. Take it or leave it.
It won’t be kept and now rather than letting the locals have it and have them pay to repair it the government has to pay $7 million to dismantle it.
That’s an impasse for any 2.5 acres land bill out of Minnesota and New Mexico.
Wyoming’s congressional delegation did not consult Eastern Shoshone before advancing a bill that would give a non-tribal water district a derelict power plant within Wind River Indian Reservation. So once again a politian wants to tell native tribes what they can do with their own land.
What am I missing? The land was part of 1.5 million acres ceded by the tribes in 1905. How is that tribal lands?
Tina Smith and Martin Heinrich are total clowns 🤡🤡🤡
Add Walz and Amy Kommisar and countless others to that list.
Take a look at the Minneapolis City Council if you want to see top notch clowns. Total DEI anarchists
Theater kids in government.
@@kevincourtney7312 walz has been a phenomenal governor, best in decades.
Life long Minnesota resident here, I don't claim her and I'm so very sorry our handful of counties elect these clowns into office to flip us blue. It's a shame. Your state is your state to do what you want with, period.
Tina Smith ignores her voters. I know. I have tried many times. It's always a recording.
As a Wyomingite, I apologize my state elected Liz Cheney.
Handful...it's more like 3 counties
SHE IS RIGHT< THERE HAS BEEN CONSULTATION WITH OUR TRIBES - this all on Fort Bridger Treaty Lands - WYOMING IS TRYING TO STEAL OUR LANDS AND WATER
@KarmamixedwithKindness Lifelong Minnesota resident here, we actually voted for her and totally do claim her. We aren't flipping you blue, Minnesota is blue, you should move to SD or FL or something.
Who are the stakeholders? If it is going to benefit tribal and local lands…give it to the tribes, or have the state take ownership. -not some multi-national shadow corporation, who will likely take the profits overseas.
Get um John!
This is a transfer of an asset of the United States to a group of "stake holders"? Sorry, I'd need more details before I agree. His snippy fit at the end didn't advance his cause for me.
Someone else noticed! Who paying to restart this stakeholder investment? Too many questions not enough answers 👍
Its not rural Minnesota! Its the big cities thst out number us! Sad and ridiculous!
Remember what Walz said nothing up in Northern Minnesota besides rocks and cows
I have never figured out why the large cities vote blue and are always in trouble financially and everywhere else votes red. doesn't make sense to me. they have ruined the beautiful state of Mn
@@paulb3095 add to that as well rural MN is basically along for the ride in the trunk
SD (and Wisconsin) have had tens of thousands come their way in order to flee the crazy making lunacy in MN. Apparently the state needs to clean house and rid itself of its poison pill politicians.
@@paulb3095 The "blue cities" produce all the tax revenue because that's where all the people live. There are 5.7 million people in Minnesota. 3.7 million of them live in the twin cities. If you think red states are any different then you're part of the problem. States like louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky all have as much as 40% of their state budget come from federal subsidies. Thats socialism. Those states can't survive without hand outs. If the blue states left america, The red states would be a 3rd world country because they'd be bankrupt.
So how about giving the locals a couple million bucks to help them conserve this dam?
They have to first gain control of the land which is federal land. Which is what he was trying to do. They have the money to fix it
Tina Smith has not proved to be good Senator from Minnesota.
I think we should do much better.
Poor judgment by the Minnesota and New Mexico senators.
As a Minnesotan I couldn't agree with you more!
I'm a Democratic voting citizen of Minnesota and I also kinda gotta agree here. I'm unsure what Tina Smith is doing and why she's moving to block this particular bill. I'm sure there's some evil conspiracy behind it, and that's why the Republican is full of righteous anger and recrimination and all that - that's how they act when there's public money to be stolen. BUT - put up or shut up Sen. Smith. If you know the details of the plan to steal money, then state it for the record. Otherwise, let them have it.
Dayum!
I had no idea that people in Minnesota and New Mexico had elected politicians that stupid. Blows my mind.
Keep up the good fight Wyoming, much love from Utah!!
I am from Minnesota. Voted Red. I am embarrassed for my state at what we have sent to Washington.
I can’t wait to see places in Minnesota, Detroit, Pennsylvania etc after Trump gets going
Let’s go America and ALL AMERICANS!!!
I am also from mn and a republican I think that mn has nothing to say about it
Most of the Counties in Minnesota voted straight RED. The Big Blue Corrupt Cities voted Blue!
Have you heard of Tim Walz?
He presided over more than a half billion dollars of paid, but fraudulent, claims made by MN Non-Profits.
They were billing for services they never provided.
But, nobody noticed until the number got so large it could not be ignored.
These prople were voted into office by Twin Cities liberals who seem to idolize the local paper, the Star-Tribune.
I like his passion and style. Good job Senator Barrasso!
Did a majority of the comments on this video not watch it? The only reason Mrs. Smith objected is to wait until tribal consultation is received. For some reason Mr. Barrasso wants to start a vendetta against two states instead of getting just consulting some tribes about it?
kneejerk reactionaries seeing someone from their party saying things about the other party leads to comment sections like these. it’s about political theatre more than it is helping anybody; when people point to three letter acronyms instead of the goings-on of the real world, we get this kind of dissonance and lack of engagement with things that actually matter
Transfer of this power station from the feds to the State of Wyoming literally has nothing to do with Natives. It didn’t when it was built, and it doesn’t today. Tina knows this.
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for your efforts in advocating for the interests of the Wind River Indian Reservation. Your support in matters such as the federal lands initiative demonstrates your commitment to preserving our state's values and ensuring that local voices are heard. We did not support this at all the Tribes as they are not fully informed on important issues. As a resident of Wind River Indian Reservation, I deeply appreciate your dedication to protecting our resources and fostering growth in our region. Please know that your leadership does not go unnoticed. Thank you again for your hard work Tina Smith we need more people like you!!
Sen. Tina Smith, The Swamp, Minnasota
You cant even spell minnesota
Says the guy who can't spell a US state, you would fail a citizenship test
So the only issue is that the tribes want to get consultation. Hydro operations can have an affect on tribal reservations, so why not do the consultation and then move on and deal with any concerns. What is so hard about following the regulations.
There are no regulations demanding tribal consultation, as the land is owned by the Bureau of Land Reclamation, not the Bureau of Indian Affiars, but as Senator Barrasso pointed out that consultation has already happened. This is simply a delay tactic by the junior senators of Minnesota and New Mexico to kill the bill and make sure the plant is shut down in order to increase energy costs and serve their own private interests.
We give this man the power do deliver what is best for us, locals. Go Mr. Barrasso !
We hold the rights to that land through our treaty
Barrasso is unlikely to have gone through the proper channels and now resorts to bullying because his reasoning is poor. It doesn’t only affect Wyoming: it involves federal treaty negotiations with sovereign nations (negotiations which have been violated by the state in the past) and involves two tribal governments. There are upstream and downstream issues, and the tribes should have an option on the resources generated by a likely expanded project and the associated (likely) land grab, as well as influence on the ecological impacts.
Go for it friend.
Hate how they always try to lowball the treaty tribe. Lifelong Wyoming residents know that this is happening on tribal lands. Thankful for sovereignty!! ✊🏼✊🏼
BS!
Likely starting that power plant would effect the bottomline of some Democrat donor!
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Or they won’t get their DEI money unless they don’t do what the donor overlords tell them.
EXAAACTLYYYYY!!! This is typical backroom, demoncrat BS. I am SO SICK AND TIRED of these dems and their incessant corruption thinly-veiled as "compassion."
Yep more of their green energy scams 🙄repair the Dam🌹🌹🌹
No, but, it most likely would go to some business that will make a profit, and, who knows which party they support. Being that it is in Wyoming, you can bet the will not be donating any money to Lynn Cheney.
@keithkuckler2551 present power provider for Wyoming is Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway holding company! Yep some left-wing donor will take a hit in the pocketbook!
Petty, vindictive nonsense from a senator over a totally reasonable objection.
He can’t handle being inconvenienced by a difference of opinion. He wins elections through gerrymandering and the shroud of propaganda media that envelops Wyoming and red areas, but he is widely hated in Wyoming.
Ohio here that’s wonderful. May God Bless
Go get ‘em John
I am a native Minnesotan, I have voted for Democrats and at times Republicans, I live in a very rural and wild part of the state, where we have a native american reservation and a good chunk of our county is within their sovereign territory. It is always usual for the local county government, and our own Department of Natural Resources, as well as the USDA to take the interests of the tribe in to any consideration. I suspect that in this case, a sweetheart deal is being done that will benefit whoever runs the power plant, which I assume is on a river or stream. Why not put the property up for bids, instead of giving it to a private business. If it makes economic sense, let them figure that cost into the scope of the project. If tribal objections if any are dealt with, that is how it should happen. We did not get the whole story here, and, with out all the facts, I am not going to condemn my senator. Minnesota chooses its own representatives and, if we do not approve of her, we will vote her out of office. Wyoming has more cattle than people, and, yet it gets the same two senators that Minnesota gets despite us having over 10 times as many people, that is the way the constiution was written but, it is hardly represenative government either. Wyoming is a beautiful place, I vacationed in parts of it this past summer, but, to have one of its senators threatening two other states with retribution is not the way to get things done. The new Senate will have a Republican majority, so, they will get antoher bite at the apple.
Have you seen the Pilot Butte power plant? To say it affects even 2 1/2 acres would seem exaggeration. It seems the waters flow from a reservoir created by the dam and drains into the "Wyoming canal," with no mention of any stream, river or creek. But don't take my word for it. See what the Bureau of Reclamation says about it.
www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=574
Also, it seems to me the entire state of Colorado separates Wyoming from New Mexico. How does a project that small have any impact on tribes over s state away?
It's owned by the department of reclamation. It already exists in a derelict status. Why would the local Natives need consulted? In all honesty the way Minnesota votes I think most of America would be ok with you joining Canada at this point. How many senators does RI get?
Well said and deduced, Keith. This plant is on an important river squarely inside the reservation, where two sovereign nations have tribal government councils, and there are upstream and downstream concerns. He says it only affects Wyoming, but rivers cross state lines. This river empties into the Atlantic Ocean eventually and traverses many states. This senator is in bed with big pharma and oil and gas and does not fairly represent all Wyoming citizens. He had(has?) a call-in show and never accepts calls from people who challenge him. He’s weak sauce and should be investigated for conflicts of interest. He simps near anyone on camera, and we saw a lot of him during Trump’s last term. He’s not from Wyoming, and through gerrymandering, he keeps his position by wide margins. He is not popular among most tribal members and far from accountable. You’ve summed it up nicely. Probably a sweetheart deal for a special interest/friend/donor and he’s pretty immature at negotiating. Weak sauce, but pompously so.
Working for the people!
Good For John!
I have questions:
- Is this a petty objection?
- Who are the stakeholders getting this land for free?
- Is it for the public good?
- Was there an end around a procedure in Native Affairs?
- Will it cost more than 7 million to repair?
- Who got the energy before it broke?
Yes.
The State of Wyoming.
Yes.
Has nothing to do with Native affairs.
Maybe, but for Wyoming to pay for.
Wyoming.
Why does any of that matter? It's going to be demolished. The Federal Government considers it trash, and the State of Wyoming wants to restore it at their own expense. The locals are in favor of it, including the local tribes. Yet, Minnesota and New Mexico would rather see it destroyed than given to locals who need it. How very progressive.
Thank you both.
I see nothing wrong with the transfer of title or putting the dam back into operation. 🤔🧐
This is so childish
As usual, Barrasso is not telling the whole story. The tribes are objecting to the land transfer. Thank you to MN and NM for standing up for what’s right. As a lifelong WY resident, his childish reaction is embarrassing too. Wyoming deserves better.
It isn't tribal land AND the tribes were for it.
@rlhicks1 that is BS. I have been reading even wyoming local news about this. The tribes found out from the news reports. He did not talk to them. A simple little Google search of maps clearly shows it in tribal lands.
Its very likely that the senator from Wyoming is trying to help some of HIS donors with the gift of a power plant that they can pull profits from. Maybe he should suggest the state of Wyoming take contol of it instead of private business if his intentions are solely to help his voters?
Barrasso never once says who this property will be passed to. Seems like he is trying to pull a fast one, and is lining his pocket with the honoraria of a company that doesn't have any ties to the local native americans. More corporate greed again?? Glad it didn't work.
Yea he does. The people of Wyoming. 3:23
That is a real senator!
Course he didn't actually respond to the raised concerns about due consideration to the local Tribal Nations, just repeated the cherries in the deal and then went the petty way.
Senators Tina Smith should give her residential property in Minnesota back to the tribes that rightly owned it before her unless she’s just a liberal hypocrite…
By that logic why not give all the native american land back to the tribes, you could start with the Black Hills, or the whole Powder River Basin in Wyoming, All of us who are descended from immigrants who homesteaded land would be in the same boat.
Are they going to give it back to the tribes they wiped out before our ancestors settled here?
It sounds like Smith is just saying we should follow our treaty obligations with the tribes. So unless her house is required by treaty to be given back to them (which I doubt because those treaties generally were the tribes ceding land to us), I don't see how this is a hypocritical position
Get rekt Tuna Smith.
Good on the senator from Wyoming.
Senators from other states used to respect the rights of Senators to pass legislation that impacts their home states. The Senators from New Mexico need to butt out of Wyoming.
So basically she wants the tribe to build a casino.
State tried to steal our hunting rights too - we will stand
This land is is on Fort Bridger Treaty Lands - there has been no consultation with our Eastern Shoshone, Shoshone Bannocks tribes the treaty holders of this land, no consultation with the Northern Arapaho tribe who reside on our reservation. This is a land and water theft by the state of Wyoming - STOP PILOT BUTTE, STOP PILOT BUTTE, HONOR OUR TREATY, HONOR OUR TREATY. NO CONSULTATION TRIBES he has not met with our tribes.
It's Federal land and it's not 110,000 acres. It was sold to the federal government by the tribes in 1905, not to mention this bill literally has zero impact on Tribal land. It's like you didn't even read HR3415 and you're just spewing nonsense
Savage!
The truth is a hydro-electric plant in operation affects far more territory than the land it's situated on. Just look at what's happening in Oregon. My understanding is the First Nations populations have a right to be heard and considered in this negotiation. For far too long, First Nations people have been bullied out of conversations like these. Mr Barrasso's temper tantrum is just the latest expression of that. Fear and rage seem to be the latest fashion in today's Trump lead Republican party. Sad. I was raised in a town where the single greatest act of genocide by the United States has ever committed took place, signed off on by Abraham Lincoln. It is looooooooong past time First Nations sovereignty be respected, and have a seat at the table.
We Minnesotans are ashamed of our politicians. Tina, Amy, Walz, and Omar just to name a few.
As long as they pay for the power plant let them do what they want but they MUST pay for it. Generally people are stupid and this proves it.
It's sickening to see MN and NM projecting like this.
Save it, the government sucks, older places like this are irreplaceable.
Looking into this situation more objectively, the objection raised by Senator Smith was raised due to the tribes in Wyoming being against the transfer of this plant. Though Senator Barrasso stated he met with the tribes, at no point did he mention meeting with the tribe's leaders or attaining the tribe's approval.
Based on this, it's like that Smith would not be in objection of this bill provided that official approval is gotten from the tribes. In Barrasso's response to Smith's objection, he did not any point bring up the tribes and more or less just said he'd kill any bills in Minnesota and New Mexico.
I assume this is only a federal issue because it's federal lands being asked to be transferred to Wyoming, but this still feels like something that should be handled by the Wyoming Legislature and not the Federal one. I don't understand why any of the other 49 states should have any kind of say in this situation personally.
Either way, that's my analysis of the situation.
Love Tina Smith 🇺🇸
Awesome! A Republican with a spine; willing to fight back with the same tactics these creeps use against him. I hope he does not cave to the RINO senate leadership and I hope the people of Wyoming win.
Savage. ❤️
🌞👍Scott!
Do you have any radio active material in your state above or below ground ?
So barasso wants the natives to give up land to the government? Is that correct? Yeah I can see the objection to this.
It took a senator from outside the state of Wyoming to stand up for the people of the Wind River Reservation! What an immature response from Barrasso. Tit-for-tat serves no one. For once do the right thing Sen. Barrasso!
This is one of those pick your battles situations. I think that there was something else to cause a hold on a 2.5 acre transfer. Now the other states will have problems they were not expecting.
Whats wrong here? A dam that only holds 2.5 acres of water? Doesn't seem very useful to me?
The Senate has 100 Senators. Makes no sense that 1 Senator has the power to block legislation affecting a state they don’t represent.
Minnesota
Bravo Senator
TREATIES ARE LAW OF THE LAND ACCORDING TO THE UNITED CONSTITUTION , HONOR OUR RIGHTS
Hell you guys were all for it
😂
They will mourn an shout, spit and cuss then vote for it.
Kinda confused why any other state would care about Wyoming let alone any other state?? Swamp politics apparently
Because the Senate is a federal body and they manage federal concerns, even old 2.5 acre power plants.
The other senators stated that tribal authorities had not yet been consulted. Perhaps they should be.
Hydro electric is the best and oldest form of renewable energy.
Neither discuss the full issue at hand. I don’t know what the objections are from the Native American perspective band I don’t hear a clear picture of what the senator from Wyoming has discussed with the Native Americans. The senator Wyoming is describing the transfers of 2 1/2 acres of land, however it has a facility that will take 6 to 7 million to dismantle. And since it is described as a hydro plant I assume there is water involved. What is to become of the water that was once retained and how will it be shared out to all the people in the area. Any issues no clarification!
D-O-A.
A little childish Barrasso. These are the rules one lives by in the House. If you want to get rid of the rules, then do so. However, the dems will do what they want in two years.
On the surface it sounded like a win-win proposition.
Just have to really watch out for oil and gas not to sabotage it in the background because of them selling their gas-powered electricity to these folks.
Being from Minnesota I can say we have no senators that are not an embarrassment. We have very few Representatives that are worth a damn.
No one owns the land, we are all only temporary residents/stewards of the land. When each of us dies, no one is going to step up to the coffin, grave, urn and shout wait we still have to put so ans so's 6000 acres in with him or her. The land is only on lone to us for the very very short time we are on it before we go back to it. Some were on it before others, which needs to be respected. Times also change all around the world and one has to adapt or they get pushed aside. It's seldom fair, but it is reality. Just look at the shake up throughout the Middle East today. Far more people/persons lives are being disrupted and will never go back to as they were than what happened here as settlers move from one coast to another coast. Just the facts, certainly seldom fair.
Shame on Tina. She is 'my' Senator.
Yeah, mine, too, although she doesn't represent me. She's the worst of the trifecta for my district. I also have to suffer under Amy Klobuchar and Dean Phillips, although Phillips is the most reasonable of the bunch. Even more reasonable now after what the party did to him. He may end up red-pilled in the end and switch party allegiances, though he's not running again.
And you wonder why small rural states hate big city states? They won't let us have so much as their scraps.
So, the American taxpayers should just give this to Wyoming? Not sure I understand the logic there unless you live in Wyoming.
Saves the federal tax dollars needed to decommission and tear it down, not to mention the fact that the federal government will probably never do this and leave it until it crumbles and becomes a super fund clean up job.
I live in Smith's area, unfortunately. When I've called her office to ask her consideration on certain topics, her staff has literally laughed at me on the phone and ended with "whatever." That's her type of representation.
Who's not telling the truth? The tribes say they weren't consulted according to treaty. Barrasso says all stakeholders approve. UA-camr's make comments without knowing all the facts.
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Dems in Minnesota are funny.
So cool ,logical thinking ,wow ,what a concept.... should be unanimous.
Great job sen Barrsso,
Common tribes its 2024 help your and other people peacefully..
2 acres in the whole state Wy .,
He didn't sound too cool at the end of the clip. Sounds more like he or his friends would lose a lot of money if the transfer fails.
A typical piece of gotcha. FFS.
MN sucks
UPHOLD THE TREATY OBLIGATIONS
Call her out for her potential insider trading as well