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Senator Dole, to her credit, when she was elected, the first bill Senator Dole dropped as a U.S. Senator was to recognize this tribe, because she realized this bill had been held up for those 32 years over in the Senate, even though the…
I'd like to do a dialogue here. I'm quite sure that our good friend, the senior ranking member from Alaska, as well as our chairman, previously, this House has passed recognition of the Lumbee people, the Indians, I think twice already in…
I will submit to my good friend, Madam Speaker, the situation that, dealing with the Lumbee Indians, the Congress did formally recognize them in 1956 and there was no process in place.
Madam Speaker, H.R. 65 would extend Federal recognition status to the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina. Several studies undertaken by the Department of the Interior have consistently concluded that the Lumbees are a distinct self-governing…
So there was never any compensation or any support even from the Japanese Government to make whole what they did against the people, the residents of Guam?
So the Japanese Government just simply said, well, don't ask us; ask the United States Government to provide this.
I ask the gentlelady, were there any provisions where it required the Japanese Government to restore or to provide some form of compensation as part of this treaty arrangement?
It has been said among some of the critics of this legislation, saying that the people of Guam were properly compensated already. I am sure the gentlelady has the correct information so that we can inform our colleagues this is not true…
I know our Samoan community throughout the Los Angeles area all mourn the loss of this great and gentle lady. She truly was a dear friend to me, and members of the Samoan community are going to feel the loss of her presence. She lived life…
I submit it is not General Petraeus that we are questioning here. It is the decision of our Commander in Chief, our President, his decision to deploy some 20,000 troops, additional troops to this mess that we created in Iraq. We planned…
I do have the utmost respect for my good friend from Pennsylvania, and I am really saddened this day to hear that the small population of the district that I represent doesn't mean anything to my distinguished colleague who had made the…
I submit to my good friends on the other side of the aisle, the constitutionality of this proposed rule is moot. It is a moot issue. We have already discussed this in the court. Now, if my good friends on the other side of the aisle would…
Faleomavaega asks for Special Industry Committees to continue and for CNMI to be brought under the Special Industry umbrella.
Special Industry Committees administered by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor have determined wage rates in American Samoa.
I would suggest that before he starts spouting off his mouth, perhaps he should get the facts first before expressing an opinion to this issue. The fact of the matter is the Fair Labor Standards Act does apply to American Samoa, my…
I first would like to express my appreciation to Chairman Bonilla and our senior ranking member, Ms. DeLauro, for allowing me this opportunity to introduce this amendment on behalf of my colleagues, the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr…
It is my privilege and certainly an honor for me to give the rest of my time to our distinguished ranking member of our Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), to summarize the various aspects of…