Political Quotes

“I am finishing up. So I am not going to yield. It is important to me, to my colleague from Maryland. There is a lot of money going to universities. This is really important to me, and I have been wanting to give this speech for a long time. There is a lot of money going to institutions for research to compete against China. There are specific provisions that say: Hey, there is going to be money that goes to Native American groups. That is great. They have a lot to bring to this battle with China. But that provision that came over from the House--guess what it did. It said: Not to this group. Not to this group. So do you see where I am going with this? I have no idea why Democrats in the House and Senate want to keep targeting this group of indigenous people. Imagine if Republicans did this to a minority group in Maryland or New York. But it is happening, and it is happening even in this bill. So that is another big concern I have of this bill, this continuation of--I have no idea. I would love it for someone to come down and say: Hey, Dan, here is why we discriminate against tens of thousands of indigenous people in your State. But it is happening. I sure hope my colleagues listen to this. Maybe the New York Times or the Washington Post would write about it once. But just a ceasefire--when we are trying to help Native people in America, in Alaska we want to help them all. Remember, this is how Congress set up these groups, not the people.…”