The legislation rewards one Tribe for conduct that is morally reprehensible and violative of the cultural code all other sister tribes collectively abide.

In a previous career having been licensed to do appraisals and having studied the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and been tested on that, I am glad to say that this legislation doesn't exempt appraisers from having to…

The advocacy for this legislation has been predicated on lies and falsehoods.

I disagree with you on that. We should vote smartly. We should put smart policy in place.

At the end of the day, there is no reason to oppose the Carcieri fix legislation.

We are here to look at two different bills, really two different approaches that would amend the Indian Reorganization Act.

H.R. 1208... would amend the Indian Reorganization Act to clarify that the Secretary of the Interior has discretionary authority to place land into trust for any federally recognized tribe.

H.R. 6180... would also amend the Indian Reorganization Act to confirm the Secretary's discretionary authority to place land into trust for the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

this process of leasing national park land for a migrant camp circumvented the rules for political purposes.

The lease must end, and it will in January.

If you start with bad data, you are going to get bad results, no matter how well you do in between.

we made some really bad decisions three or four decades ago that are really costing us on the backside right now.