That is exactly right, Mr. Chairman. That is exactly right. I was hopeful we could get it done in November or December a...
I agree. I understand the funding need as well, but I just want to point out for the record, Mr. Chairman, the Senate ac...
If I may, I just want to, for the record, thank you and thank Chief Pyle, who is just a remarkable leader.
Mr. Chairman, you can see what our problem has been for about 500 years. There are a lot of Choctaws.
I want to say how much I appreciate your emphasis on the energy part of this and just kind of make a point for the recor...
The tribe owns the land, and the tribe ought to be free, to develop its resources.
It is a huge problem for us. We have had enormous growth.
this really is a huge problem jurisdictionally because historically you gave tribes the ability to have jurisdiction ove...
It is a nightmare problem in Oklahoma, the allotment situation, so what is the feasibility?
The politics are tough.
this idea that you have to give up part of your sovereignty to get some of it is really incredibly offensive.
What is your comfort level that Johnson-O'Malley funds... are actually used as they are intended to be used?
We would end paying for them in indigent care in some other facility when they are actually entitled to medical care.
We can't do major projects anymore off of SAFETEA-LU.
Why would that be a problem to get some language that would eliminate that kind of ridiculous interpretation because the...
If you are not there and do not have these urban-based centers where so much of the native population is now off reserva...
Because the need is real and you are quite right, the trust obligation does not cease simply because you are not on a re...
No one should be pleased that the accident did happen, but I am very pleased that the Commission and industry have spent...
