I want you to know that. If we have to have them, I believe in the one-stop shop.

Will the gentleman yield for a moment?

The bill must also ensure that tribes can raise tax revenues so that we can manage energy development.

nobody consults with you guys, really, in seriousness. They will tell you why you can't do it, but they won't help you get it done.

I interpret this to mean the Secretary believes tribal lands are really public lands that belong to all American people.

The Administration's failure to show up today will not hold up progress on this bill.

I want to assure everybody there is no attempt in this bill to lose the trust responsibility to the tribes.

I agree. The sense is you don't lose the trustability for the Federal Government.

In your view, is this an acceptable amount of time for the State and the Native Corporations to wait before the land entitlement is 100% conveyed?

Why can the Interior Department find all kinds of money to fund Wilderness studies in ANWR and other refuges, America's Great Outdoors, and other nonsense, but cannot find the money to fully fund the Alaska Conveyance Program?

If you are a Nation, why couldn't you offer those credits yourselves to the interested people in Kinetic Energy, et cetera?

But that goes--what I am saying is now here comes the Secretary, that is proposing fracking rules that apply to lands other than public lands, to Native lands.

Holy bejeezus. Think how many kids you can educate with that.

We take this issue very seriously, because the number of permits that Interior is able to process is directly related to the revenues the tribe has available to serve its members.

Remember, I know who runs the ship around here, and it is the lady friend.

The fact is we need 10 times as many permits to be approved, and would benefit from one-stop shop.

I am disappointed in the Department's disregard not only for the Members of the Subcommittee, but for our witnesses.

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If we leave God alone, the environment will do what it should do.

I just want to make--I do support this legislation.

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It is crucial that the management agencies within the Federal Government be proactive in protecting fisheries rather than attempting to address overfished stocks after they are in crisis situation.