06/12/2017
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"So it is tough for me to accept a 34 percent reduction to the Department's programs that issues conveyances to those who have waited so long to get title to their lands."
"I am concerned by many of the proposed reductions to the BIA, particularly the elimination of the Tribal Courts Program for which I secured funds for the first time in fiscal year 2016."
"I appreciate that. And this is something that as we move forward, you as Secretary here, know that I am going to be on you and your folks to make sure that we have a serious commitment of resources an..."
"I certainly prefer that relationship to being a landlord, but I think we recognize that when a Department has authority over 220 million acres in a State like mine..."