However, the administrative process which is the specific topic of your hearing today, is subject to unreasonable delays...
I strongly believe that recognition for these six Virginia Tribes is justified based on principles of dignity and fairne...
The federal recognition process has been fraught with challenges that need to be addressed.
I respectfully ask the Committee to work with me to bring this legislation to the Senate floor.
For these reasons, I strongly believe that recognition for these six Virginia tribes is justified based on principles of...
It is a fact that Virginia in the past had race laws which regulated the activity of Virginia Indians.
Support for these six Virginia tribes has been voiced many times during the 15 years since they began seeking federal re...
I believe it is appropriate for them to finally receive the federal recognition that has been denied for far too long.
I would like to emphasize my personal belief that this particular situation with respect to Virginia is historically uni...
the rigid nature of the administrative recognition process has been a source of delay, frustration and a lingering sense...
Part of the problem with the electricity bills that we are paying, or that we are giving funds to the Palestinian Author...
What is it that we do here to keep enough pressure and spotlight on the Palestinians, who are the guys that we might pre...
And what they found was, whatever that barrier was, it was diminished as a barrier.
I am a fellow Bay Stater by birth and child rearing, and so I'm glad to have you here today.
In Massachusetts, the statute passed and signed into law by Governor Romney, requires every Massachusetts resident to fi...
I refuse to let the perfect be the enemy of the good, and when I do, I should simply resign or leave this institution im...
This raises unnecessary and artificial hurdles to our economic recovery and distorts competition in the financial servic...
Unfortunately, Dodd-Frank injects government bureaucrats into the decision-making process in the flow of capital.
