
PHOTOS: Haaland, Torres MMIW Bills Signed by Speaker Pelosi
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
• PHOTOS: Not Invisible Act & Savanna’s Act Celebration with Speaker Pelosi
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed Congresswoman Deb Haaland’s (NM-01) Not Invisible Act and Congresswoman Norma Torres’ (CA-35) Savanna’s Act. The two bills work to address the missing and murdered indigenous women’s crisis.
“All women deserve to live without fear of disappearing without a trace, but the missing and murdered indigenous women crisis persists and indigenous people continue to go missing. Today, Speaker Pelosi stood with us to address the MMIW crisis and signed the Not Invisible Act and Savanna’s Act. Next stop for our bills to keep Indigenous people from disappearing is the President’s desk,” said Congresswoman Deb Haaland, Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus.
“Native women have endured horrific rates of assault, rape and murder for far too long in this country, and each life lost or scarred by violence is absolutely inexcusable. When Congressman Newhouse and I passed Savanna’s Act, and Congresswoman Haaland passed the Not Invisible Act earlier this week, it was a monumental moment in the fight to end the MMIW crisis. I am grateful that Speaker Pelosi welcomed Congresswoman Haaland and me today to sign our bills, and I look forward to both vital pieces of legislation becoming law of the land,” said Congresswoman Norma Torres.


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