Tribal self-determination has long been the goal of federal Indian policy.
H.R. 2335 will respect Indian nation governments as other governments are respected.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate this hearing. It is timely given it is the second anniversary of the Dodd-Fran...
So is that more of an informational-type role that you fulfill with the courts. Are you summoned in a manner?
It is timely given it is the second anniversary of the Dodd-Frank and we need to look at these reforms.
This issue does seem to be quite wrapped up in the issue of drug shortages.
And it also seems that part of the problem stems from questions about the supply chain.
What we need is a Federal system. It's not enough to do something in California.
I guess my fear is, along the lines of what Senator Smith said, if you introduce more players--and some of these players...
I believe in the free market, whose instincts are that deregulation is a good, solid, preferred approach.
Make no mistake. Retransmission consent was and is a construct of lobbyists and politicians.
I hope that we can find 21st century solutions to 21st century challenges.
We need to be able to plan. We need to know what the rules are going to be.
The true threat and the hurt is felt at home by these local and small governments who are bearing the cost of that.
If we are going to have Federal land in this country, then the Federal Government needs to maintain it.
Even if you took the $18 million number--I was running some numbers here while I was sitting--it appears to me that what...
I have plenty of time for this because this is a very important issue for us, so I thank you for yielding to me and allo...
It underlies the importance of this issue that we have people on both sides of the aisle that are looking to find a solu...
