He was a very hard working person, worked tenaciously for peace and reconciliation, especially on Sudan.

The conversations with the Department of State, they share my concerns that the measures of this bill could adversely affect our security relationship with Vietnam.

Long after the Vietnam War, the United States is now about the business of coordinating a multi country diplomatic pushback against Chinese encroachment.

I do want to thank you for calling this special occasion to recognize one of our colleagues who has just passed away yesterday to say a few words.

All I can say is the Vietnam I fought against is not the Vietnam I know today.

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And if I could just start--am I correct, Mr. LaRose? Your particular reservation and band lost 600,000 acres?

You can call me John Wayne, it is all right.

I realize Alaska is the largest state in the union, and I realize I am the smallest.

We are talking about how many years that we have been going through this exercise, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years?

I am really, really sad to see that my good friend and colleague, Dale Kildee, will be retiring this year, also a tremendous champion of the Native American community.

And I want to say for the record that in the 20 years that I have served as a member of this committee, specifically dealing with Native American issues--because, as an indigenous person myself, I have a very strong feeling about these…

And you could not find a better champion than the gentleman from Alaska.

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this is also what was noted by Congressman Ackerman's earlier statement.

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I notice with interest that the proposed budget for the Bureau of Indian Affairs is set at about $2.5 billion.