I appreciate it.
I just think that is so important in this day and age when we are losing jobs to make sure that we are dealing with a le...
I certainly want to applaud your nomination, and I appreciate the productive meeting that we had recently on so many iss...
I think we have to maximize that potential, become singularly focused in coordinating that under one person that reports...
We have to really focus on jobs.
Congress has the power to recognize these Tribes. It has exercised this power in the past, and it should exercise this p...
It is time to finally right an historic wrong for Virginia and the Nation.
This bill deals with tribes who encompass the best known stories of the interaction between those who settled this count...
Recognition of a tribe conveys a unique set of benefits, legal immunities and responsibilities.
Virginia perpetrated this monstrous injustice for a very long time.
How can we commemorate their history and not recognize their existence? Now is the time to reconcile history.
To begin, I want to thank the Chair for your leadership on this issue and your support for the Virginia tribes.
There is no story that is better known about the interaction between the Europeans who came to this country and became A...
I am one that generally believes in deferring to the judgment of Members on matters affecting their district.
These factors in and of themselves don't necessarily mean tribal recognition is not warranted for the Lumbee or the six ...
I hope the Committee carefully considers whether it would be more appropriate to defer to this process.
These applications have been denied as incomplete.
Neither of these reasons should stand as a bar to recognition of these tribes.
