Daily Archives: July 22, 2014

Navajo Council nullifies legislation creating RDC uranium subcommittee

THE NAVAJO COUNCIL is voting on 91-14 WHICH WOULD NULLIFY AND RESCIND RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE’S LEGISLATION THAT CREATED URANIUM SUBCOMMITTEE THE VOTE ON 91-14 IS 18 IN FAVOR, 3 OPPOSED. 91-14 PASSES IT’S NOW 4:29 P.M. SPEAKER PRO TEMP BATES tells Delegate Lorenzo Curley that any delegate can pick up what the RDC subcommittee […]

Navajo Council finally getting ready to vote on 91-14

THE NAVAJO COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DEBATE 91-14 WHICH WOULD NULLIFY AND RESCIND RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE’S LEGISLATION THAT CREATED URANIUM SUBCOMMITTEE. DELEGATE DUANE TSINIGINE this cud be sister to transportation of hazardous waste law. if in-situ uranium mining occurs how would URI respect the transportation law? and what happens if another “mess” is left? how […]

Navajo Council continues debate on nullifying uranium subcommittee

THE NAVAJO COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DEBATE 91-14 WHICH WOULD NULLIFY AND RESCIND RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE’S LEGISLATION THAT CREATED URANIUM SUBCOMMITTEE DELEGATE LEONARD TSOSIE The tribal justice department attorneys “speak with forked tongues.” if you feel so strongly about approving 91-14 then go out there with your shovels and cleanup. some of us care about […]

Navajo Council Delegate Tsosie says tribal attorneys are biased

THE NAVAJO COUNCIL CONTINUES TO DEBATE 91-14 WHICH WOULD NULLIFY AND RESCIND RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE’S LEGISLATION THAT CREATED URANIUM SUBCOMMITTEE. NAVAJO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY DAVID TAYLOR Attorney Carr has been working on uranium cleanup laws for numerous years with the US Environmental Protection Agency. Carr is also responsible for the Electronics settlement. TRIBAL JUSTICE […]

Navajo Council votes 5 in favor, 15 opposed to send RDC subcommittee legislation back to RDC

Navajo Council debating motion by Delegate Leonard Tsosie, who is RDC Subcommittee chairperson, and second by Delegate Roscoe Smith, who is the Resources and Development Committee vice chairperson, to defer 91-14 back to RDC. DELEGATE SMITH Since council sent back legislation to RDC, didn’t that set presedent/law regarding bypassing standing committee. AS SMITH MAKES HIS […]

Navajo Council Resources & Development Committee chairperson begs Council not to defer uranium subcommittee legislation back to RDC

The Navajo Council is now on 91-14, which is to rescind and null the RDC’s creation of uranium subcommittee. DELEGATE LORENZO CURLEY Subcommittee is illegal. To send to RDC is ploy to keep away from Coun cil which has ultimate authority over this issue. Navajo people are waiting for Council to make a decison and […]

Attempt to send Resources & Development Committee uranium subcomittee back to RDC

The Navajo Council now on LEGISLATION 0090-14, suporting the Navajo Nation’s and Crow Tribe’s combined and collaborative efforts in energy; supporting the US Congress’ permanent extension of the Indian Coal Production Tax Credit and opposing the US proposed carbon tax, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed electric generating unit new source performance standards for carbon […]

Navajo Nation expects to receive $554 million Settlement in 90 to 120 days

The Navajo Council continues to debate LEGISLATION 0179-14, which is amending the $554 million settlement by accepting the current Trust Fund Account balances as stated in the periodic statements of performance, which is about $2 million. DELEGATE KATHERINE BENALLY wat was to be invested was about $40 million but it didn’t get invested or something. […]

Navajo Council sends legislation related to Navajo Housing Authority back to Resources & Development Committee

The Navajo Nation Council convened Day 2 of its Summer Session. The Council is now on LEGISLATION 0095-14, approving amendments to Title 2 of the Navajo Code section 500 and sections 701. The proposed amendments would have stripped the Resources and Development Committee’s authority to select a Tribally Designated Housing Entity and given it to […]

URI CEO Chris Jones – We reserve the right to sue the Navajo Nation if the Council nullifies the uranium subcommittee

Here at Navajo Council 7:30 am meeting on Delegate Edmund Yazzie’s legislation 0091-14, which would nullify Resources and Development Committee Subcommittee on uranium. meeting at Quality Inn in Window Rock. DELEGATE DANNY SIMPSON I keep sying that LT needs to take back to council and conjuring lawsuit. Now he’s saying lawsuit, lawsuit. That 42,000 acres […]