Count me in the camp that thinks it is not enough money.

But they got zero help out of Fish and Wildlife.

I think you can get way too caught up in these details. It is people's lives and assets.

What I do not want to see is the parties caught in litigation that is literally generations long.

I commend you for doing it. I certainly will take you up on your offer--I literally would love to see this.

I really want to commend the Administration on this. We have had successive administrations... that did not sit down and bring this to a settlement.

If there is anything that we can do legislatively to help you in terms of facilitating that process, please let us know or come forward with recommendations because it really is very important, as you know, to a lot of tribal people.

I would really like your comments. One of the things that really frustrated me at multiple administrations over the process of Cobell was this act of, investigation of the records, computations.

I think this is a history that is not a very happy one in this country where there has been a lot of abuses.

You did what two previous administrations, one Democrat and one Republican, couldn't do.

I will assure you you will be seeing lawsuits about this in the not-too-distant future.

When tribes can control their affairs--their education system, their health care system--and individual tribal members know where the decisions are made, it is not somewhere hundreds or thousands of miles away, it is in their community…

I appreciate the role that you played in sort of pulling the poison out of this thing.

It became almost unlivable, a health hazard.

I would ask you to look at that going forward, because frankly, it is hard to believe that all the increase needed to be in one area than the other two, but I am not surprised if somehow Indians did not fare well in Congress.

I think that was a brilliant settlement. It was a great way to deal with a thorny issue.

I think the Secretary has brought us to the brink of closure and victory, and it would really be a shame if one part of the bureaucracy or Congress blew an opportunity to settle a case whose roots reach back into the 19th Century and which…

It is just very important, I think.