Because this tribe lacked a formal treaty relationship with the new United States, the tribe has worked for over 120 yea...
They have lived along the Lumbee River since before our Nation was founded.
The Lumbees have a longstanding history of functioning like an Indian tribe and being recognized as such by State and lo...
The Lumbee Indians are among the earliest North Carolinians.
This is a very important bill for the Lumbee Indian Tribe in North Carolina.
I have always seen a willingness on the part of VA and expertise on the part of the VA and I have seen nothing but reluc...
I will take my 53 seconds that I have got to editorialize a little bit.
Our hope is to structurally put some accountability into the system.
No position
I am not necessarily sold on the fact that the VA can produce the benefit, can deliver the service cheaper than the priv...
Well, it is crucial that we get this bill passed, and I think my colleagues understand that.
Let me just say that I am not necessarily sold on the fact that the VA can produce the benefit, can deliver the service ...
It strikes me as a little bit disingenuous that there would be pilot programs, an effort to set up a national structure.
We are trying very hard to run this Committee in a bipartisan way because I have no doubt that my Republican colleagues ...
Well, there was an effort, there was an effort to start to roll out the national VA system, right?
Turning briefly to VA health care legislation, we support your bill, Senator Burr.
Is it necessary for the VA to rush helter-skelter into a questionable expenditure of capacity?
When men and women volunteer to serve in the Armed Forces, they should do so knowing Congress will do all it can to supp...
