My main goal [is] to get this practice stopped. It was nice to get the money back, but the bigger deal by far is to put these scams out of business.

Thank you very much. Once again, you are steering us in the right direction, in terms of consumer protection.

What can we do, as far as cell phones, affecting third-party billing on cell phones?

I was shocked to learn from the investigation and report on 'cramming' that this widespread problem has potentially cost Americans billions of dollars of unauthorized charges on their landline telephone bills.

I know that Senator Ayotte was very aggressive in her state, and I know that the both of you are very aggressive in terms of stopping these kinds of scams.

I want to thank you, Chairman Rockefeller, for this hearing today and for your leadership in consumer protection.

Thank you to the EPA, represented here by Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe.

I really believe--and the President said this last night--if you look at the situation we're in and why we went in, the focus was on a government, as you have said in your testimony, that was sheltering terrorists.

we want to really try hard to bring it about so that the indigenous people of our Country will be treated with justice

Congress was very clear in exerting its plenary authority to make clear that there should be no distinctions.

they resolved it against the tribes

if there was any ambiguity, it should have been resolved in favor of the tribes

I applaud Chairman Akaka on his quick action this congress to introduce and pass out of Committee a bill to make a simple yet vital fix to the Indian Reorganization Act that would reverse the Carcieri vs. Salazar decision.

We need to ensure that the voices of Native American communities are heard.

I think that is problematic.

This needs to be Afghan-led in terms of security, this needs to be Afghan-led.

A clean bill on the Carcieri fix is what needs to be done.

the point in time where Federal recognition mattered was at the time the land was to be taken into trust