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We must understand our history, especially when it is as horrific as the massacre was, so we do not repeat it.

This legislation would take a parcel of land into restricted fee status for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

We have a tendency to think about dark days like Wounded Knee as in the ancient past.

I think now it is altogether appropriate for the Federal Government to step up in partnership to try to make sure that this sacred site is protected in the right way.

Let us not use polite phrases to ignore the reality: this was no battle, this was a massacre.

December 29, 1890 was most assuredly one of those dark days.

A central part of the American experience has been our journey toward a more perfect union.

Yes, I think that is very well said. I think there is all the evidence in the world that there are robust customer protections within that regime, that the CFTC is a strong market regulator.

I hope I can support the Republican nominee in the future. If it’s Tim Scott, I know I can support the nominee.

Well, right now I'm hoping it's going to be Tim Scott. And if it's not, then I'm going to have to reassess.

It's become a tool to point out the fact that we're spending more than we're taking in every single year.

I think Leader McConnell absolutely hit it on the head. And I think he's probably as responsible as anybody is for actually getting this deal done in this bipartisan way.

We’re not going there.

This is the best debt ceiling deal that Republicans have ever cut.

I think it caused many Americans to believe that he was being stubborn and intransigent, and I think it really -- it put his negotiators in a weaker position than if they just would have come to the table a hundred days ago.

I recently led the majority of my Republican colleagues on this committee requesting NTIA remove these unnecessary requirements from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program or the BEAD Program.

Vouchers may be appropriate in some areas. However, in states like South Dakota, the problem is...financing build-out to sparsely populated areas.

The High Cost Program within the FCC's Universal Service Fund has been critical in delivering broadband services to rural areas.