American Jobs Plan will Boost Cherokee Nation
CHUCK HOSKIN JR AUGUST 01, 2021
For Cherokee families and businesses to thrive in the modern era, we must have well-maintained roads, clean water, fast internet connectivity, and access to great education and job training. Cherokee Nation knows the importance of both the “hard” infrastructure of steel and asphalt and the “soft” infrastructure of economic development and family supports. That’s why we have long been a strong leader and partner in building infrastructure to strengthen our region’s economy.
One of my first actions as Principal Chief was to sign the Career Readiness Act, doubling our investment in workforce development and training. We did not stop there. My Administration has invested millions to bring broadband connectivity to rural Cherokee communities, which is even more important during the pandemic. I also recently signed the Wilma P. Mankiller and Charlie Soap Water Act, funding improved clean water access across our reservation.
We are supporting jobs and citizens through facilities like the residential veterans center in Sallisaw, and we are bolstering growth and attracting tourism with projects like the WOKA Water Park under construction near Siloam Springs. The Cherokee Nation recently became the first tribe in the country to join the U.S. Department of Transportation Self Governance Program, giving us autonomy to plan and finance road improvement and transit projects within the reservation. With these investments and more, Cherokee Nation is building bright economic futures.
That’s why I welcome President Biden’s American Jobs Plan as a valuable contribution to that effort. The American Jobs Plan would invest tens of billions of dollars into tribal communities to strengthen our economies and infrastructure. It would bring back a strong spirit of investment that America has not seen since this country was building the interstate highways and winning the Space Race.
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