Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Akaka amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any related statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2864) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Barona Band of Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) the legal description of land previously taken into trust by the United States for the benefit of the Barona Band of Mission Indians may be interpreted to refer to private, nontribal land; (2) there is a continued, unresolved disagreement between the Barona Band of Mission Indians and certain off- reservation property owners relating to the causes of diminishing native groundwater; (3) Congress expresses no opinion, nor should an opinion of Congress be inferred, relating to the disagreement described in paragraph (2); and (4) it is the intent of Congress that, if the land described in section 121(b) of the Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (118 Stat.…”