What is your comfort level that Johnson-O'Malley funds... are actually used as they are intended to be used?
this idea that you have to give up part of your sovereignty to get some of it is really incredibly offensive.
The politics are tough.
Most of the mail I get on this issue, Mr. Chairman, is from people who do not own horses, who have never been around hor...
But you need, you do need to have that tool, and Congress needs to be willing to sort of, you know, stand up to the lobb...
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.
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?
Frankly, you cannot really assess the needs if you do not track them anyway, you do not know if you are doing any good.
It is a huge problem for us. We have had enormous growth.
Because the need is real and you are quite right, the trust obligation does not cease simply because you are not on a re...
I have been to the facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa and they are terrific, and we get a lot of folks that would not...
Mr. Chairman, you can see what our problem has been for about 500 years. There are a lot of Choctaws.
Thank you for the example you provide in the reinvestment of tribal funds back into education, back into services.
It just flows right back.
Part of the Choctaw Nation is in my district and I just do not want that to apply to every part.
That is exactly right, Mr. Chairman. That is exactly right. I was hopeful we could get it done in November or December a...
