We need to ensure that the voices of Native American communities are heard.
we want to really try hard to bring it about so that the indigenous people of our Country will be treated with justice
they resolved it against the tribes
I applaud Chairman Akaka on his quick action this congress to introduce and pass out of Committee a bill to make a simple yet vital fix to t...
if there was any ambiguity, it should have been resolved in favor of the tribes
I really believe--and the President said this last night--if you look at the situation we're in and why we went in, the focus was on a gover...
Congress was very clear in exerting its plenary authority to make clear that there should be no distinctions.
A clean bill on the Carcieri fix is what needs to be done.
the point in time where Federal recognition mattered was at the time the land was to be taken into trust
they should be investing those dollars in things that they want to do for their tribes, rather than for lawyers and in court.
I very much support your bill that you introduced to deal with this. I am a cosponsor of it.
that money should go into health care. It should go into education for our grandchildren.
the offsets proposed today are not new, and I don't believe that they have the support needed to move this bill forward.
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