David Schweikert: “I will do this really quickly. Being from Arizona, where I have, functionally, 23 Tribes, 21 or 22 reservations, it is…”

“I will do this really quickly. Being from Arizona, where I have, functionally, 23 Tribes, 21 or 22 reservations, it is surprising how often this becomes a subject and trying to understand how big and complex many of our Tribal communities are. We think our lives are sometimes complex. Imagine having to operate in the world of multiple layers, where you have to deal with State and local, Federal, and then Tribal politics, issues, and those things. I was visiting some of my friends on a Tribal community called Ak- Chin. It was interesting. One of the gentleman there basically said: I am on council. I can't participate in Social Security. But before I was on council, I managed one of the Tribal operations, and there I could participate in Social Security. I know this is sort of a glitch, but this is one of those honorable things where we step up and we create some optionality. Within that optionality, I think we respect Tribal sovereignty, and we are just doing the right thing here.”