"There is no amount of time that is ever going to make up that loss, but Congress felt that was not only a gesture, but a necessary, just thing to do."
"And to suggest that my nation, the O'odham Nation, has no aboriginal ties to that area is really an insult."
"the immunity issue, sovereign immunity is the key to the concept of self-determination."
"I would say talk about trust, and I think also talk about the fact that as we have tried to define that decision through the courts and administrative hearings, the trust issue, and what role an under..."
"Nobody is immune from that, my friend."
"The tone and the rhetoric in the written testimony presented to the Committee by some of today's witnesses is inflammatory, to use a word we will hear from shortly, 'specious.'"
"I think you are using a legitimate issue--access for sportsmen--to leverage broader political campaigns against this Administration and Democrats."
"It is offensive and I think it should be repudiated."
"Without the political posturing we could find agreement on this issue."
"The majority and this panel decided on a different approach."
"I said in my opening statement that people who support H.R. 1825 and people who oppose it might have legitimate differences of opinion, or we might just have a different interpretation of the impacts ..."
"I would appreciate that. I think the Committee would as well, because part of it is how we are interpreting the content of the legislation."