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Chairman Cole, you make a compelling case, and your insight and history has been invaluable today.

But for the local communities, as well?

But you would agree that the gaming projects are the ones that tend to be the most controversial.

Even after 15 years, the Department has not yet determined how many of our 574 recognized tribes would be impacted by this decision?

It is long past time for lawmakers to act.

Trust land is like all other Federal pieces of land, like military bases or national parks that are not subject to state taxation.

Let me be clear: this is false. In fact, out of the 961 total pending fee-to-trust applications, only 26 are gaming applications.

Congress is long overdue to correct the law as the Supreme Court interpreted it when the Court made the Carcieri decision.

This decision by the Court makes it harder for tribes to manage and expand their territory, as well as putting millions of dollars' worth of trust land in legal limbo. This is simply unacceptable.

As an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, I cannot overstate the importance of tribal sovereignty and the relationships that members of tribes have with their land, their identity, and their culture.

It is past time to do the right thing for Indian Country.

This legislation would essentially resolve the decision of Carcieri v.

These two bills center on the issue raised in the 2009 Supreme Court decision Carcieri v. Salazar.

Today, the Subcommittee is meeting to consider two bills.

Many children entering the child welfare system have an urgent material need that can be addressed without direct government intervention.

The social welfare that we have for our kids, the system, is so important to me, and I am encouraged that our committee is willing to take the necessary steps to discuss what needs to happen.

Your stories, your information, and your feedback is so important to us to help--I am not sure we are solving this as cracking open such a huge, huge issue.

I rise today to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Lawrence Anderson Memorial Pie Social. Named in honor of the event's founder, the Lawrence Anderson Memorial Pie Social serves as the unofficial kick-off for Laramie County and…