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I remain skeptical that adding 30,000 U.S. troops and that focusing more on local and provincial levels of government will bring lasting stability and success in Afghanistan. I do, of course, want our new strategy to succeed, and I know…
I have the utmost respect for my good friend, Mr. Hastings, for proposing his amendment, but I do have some very serious concerns about the amendment. In the first place, when we talk about the event that took place in 1959, it was a…
I just want to say 565 tribes are recognized by the Federal Government. Does it stand a chance to suggest that Native Hawaiians cannot be recognized in the same way giving some sense of self-esteem and dignity to the people who are Native…
There's also been a reference made, I ask my colleague, that the idea of comparing Native Hawaiians to American Indians is somewhat absurd. I would like to ask the gentleman if such a description, as our friends on the other side have…
I also want to ask my good friend, as you had indicated and our friends have indicated Governor Lingle's opposition to the proposed substitute, am I to perceive that certainly Governor Lingle, with all due respect, is entitled to her…
I want to say that I fully support the gentleman's substitute amendment, and I want to ask if we could do a little colloquy in the process. I note with interest there has been several references made by our friends on the opposite side…
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009. This important piece of legislation is to reaffirm the special political and legal relationship between the United States and the…
I'm very much aware of the fact that, yes, we do have a lot of federal funds that come here in the territory. And I'm -- I make no excuses. This is the American taxpayers' money. The public is entitled to know how this money should have…
I'm very much aware of the fact that yes, we do have a lot of federal funds that come here in the territory. And I make no excuses, this is American taxpayer's money, the public is entitled to know how this money should have been spent or…
If a local administering authority is not in compliance with the federal requirements on how that grant is supposed to be spent, then by all means they should be noted and grants should not be given.
Yes, why is it that France depends on nuclear power for its electricity; Japan, 60 percent; and here we have not built a nuclear reactor in the last 20 or 30 years or something like that.
If it is possible for Australia and Kazakhstan to extract uranium with the best technology available, why is it that our country cannot do the same?
I certainly admire the experience that you have, sir, in dealing with uranium mining operations, and I go back to what I said earlier about what we did to the Indian Navajo Reservation, and their lands that contain uranium is disgraceful…
How ironic it is, Mr. Chairman, that here we are, we want to go to Mars, and we do not even know what is contained in our marine resources in the oceans.
I just want to know--I know my time is up, Mr. Chairman, but just a quick note that I was recently invited by the government of Kazakhstan to go there.
I do want to thank you for your leadership and initiative in introducing this legislation which I feel very strongly if I sense exactly the basis of the heart and soul of this bill is to establish not only less dependence of our country to…
Most Pacific nations also have democratically-elected governments, they cast 12 votes in the U.N. General Assembly.
Our over-reliance on Australia and New Zealand is proving increasingly counterproductive to our interests.
I do recommend, Madam Chair, that we do go to Puerto Rico and hold more hearings on this very important issue.
Congress would be more than happy to work out a relationship, if that is what the people of Puerto Rico want.
There is nothing in the Constitution that mandates the Congress to say that it will accept statehood for Puerto Rico.
If there is one thing that I admire most of our friends and leaders from Puerto Rico, it is your absolute passion for this issue now that has been with us for how many years.
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