This Congress passed the ability to build that road.
There isn't that communication.
I hope you take the time to talk to Doc Hastings and myself.
This settlement was inadequate to begin with, and we are trying to take that inadequacy and make it work.
If that is the case, no wonder it is not working, because they don't have the time.
This body, the total congressional body, is sort of like a snail that doesn't have any salt on it.
The Settlement is not the opening of a new chapter, but the continuation of a story that has been written.
Today the subcommittee will review the Land Buy-Back Program of the Tribal Nations.
This is one of my priorities.
I voted for the Claims Resolution Act, but it was with reservations.
Before we start the day's hearing I want to say a word about Jimmy Newton, Chairman of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.