"the bill would desecrate and destroy an area of religious and sacred significance to the Apache and Yavapai people"
"the bill constitutes a multi-billion dollar giveaway to a foreign-owned mining company"
"At some point we will follow up with questions."
"There is nothing there that prevents it from being disturbed underneath."
"We don't know what the impacts are."
"This is not a process that we can turn over because of a name."
"While it is clear that something needs to break the current impasse, I want the Committee to think long and hard about how we handle this issue."
"I think most of us would agree that the Commemorative Works Act has worked well in proving this rigorous approval process."
"And one of them, some have called on this panel and others, for the end of Federal funding for the memorial in addition to a new design."
"As we rush this forward, questions will remain."
"My impression is it would set that work, the invested money, taxpayer money, and time--the Commission expended $10 million over the period of time to come to terms with where the memorial should be."
"Traditionally, as this Committee works, the Minority on the Committee, Democrats, have been provided a level of courtesy."