Thank you.
Should we have that flexibility or not in the program?
There should be no flexibility.
Indian gaming is a vital part of many tribal economies.
It would be a travesty for that money to disappear and not be used.
I think given how difficult it is right now to get something changed in statute, we need to continue to push for accommodation in the implem...
I think it is important that we don't simply hit a hurdle of an absentee landowner and then back away from that process.
One of the things we hear back is that they have found that the negotiating process for a cooperative agreement is complex and can be burden...
I think allowing that flexibility for each tribe to craft that appraisal scheme how they deem best would probably be the best approach.
Can you tell me, are those kind of take it or leave it or are those negotiable?
In fact, approximately a third of all production in North Dakota actually occurs on the reservation.
So you have requested modification, but there has been no response back.
I know how passionately, from our tribal governments and obviously, I think every one of the tribes in North Dakota is in the top 40.
I want to follow up a little bit on the appraisal issue, because I think from what the Deputy Secretary said, it is appraisals that have bee...
That adds for administrative delays and red tape that we have been bogged down with.
I think it is critically important that we continue to put the pressure on DOI.
It is complicated, because a lot of what we need to do in order to reduce flaring, what we need to do in order to move product depends on ha...
What a better way to encourage self-determination than to allow tribes to manage their own affairs.
