Don Young actually said...

Uncle Sam is going to say you have to prove it, you're guilty because we say you are. That is wrong, and this is not going to save the elephants.

Young argued the ban unfairly shifts the burden of proof onto ivory owners.

06/23/2014

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The proposal is fundamentally flawed, if implemented, the rule will lead to the executive branch creation of tribes, not the acknowledgment ...

It, frankly, appears that this is a snub to this committee's oversight function, and it is a snub to me, personally, and I do not take that ...

It is past time for Congress to reassume control of the tribal recognition process.

The highest standards for extending recognition to a single new tribe must be applied, or the integrity and the statute of every recognized ...