It may be cumbersome, it may be uncomfortable, but it is congressional responsibility.
One of the reasons why I would like this in statute is so we know exactly what the game is, what the ball looks like, an...
Do you consider any tribes have been unlawfully recognized?
I would like to actually listen to the Native Americans themselves, get some testimony toward that.
I would hope you would admit that if we put the criteria in statute, it has far more power and clarity than if it was si...
These guys have all given you examples of how the present system with the Department of the Interior has not been transp...
If already under this rule they are re-allowing, renegotiating people who have been denied, is there anything in what we...
I don't care what the game I have to play is, I just want to know what the ball looks like.
Congress has plenary power, in terms of its relations with the Indian tribes. So, I do not have any constitutional conce...
But if you allow the decision to be made in the Department of the Interior, all of a sudden you do what happens in the 2...
That is what we are trying to do with this thing.
Since it appears the political branch understands recognition is a political matter, would you agree that it is more con...
I actually have some of the Utah Native Americans that are in my office that I need to meet with.
I am still open to those ideas, if you will be happy to send them to me.
Estimates on how many jobs this will cost vary widely.
Many of my colleagues have already talked about, in great detail, the potentially disastrous effect of the new Stream Pr...
None of the participating states feel the same way, and none of the participating states share the Office of Surface Min...
As I understand it, the bill's premise is that the states can do a better job than the Federal Government in managing ou...
