Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1410) to prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1410 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Keep the Promise Act of 2013''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds as follows: (1) In 2002, the voters in the State of Arizona approved Proposition 202, the Indian Gaming Preservation and Self- Reliance Act. (2) To obtain the support of Arizona voters to approve Proposition 202, the Indian tribes within Arizona agreed to limit the number of casinos within the State and in particular within the Phoenix metropolitan area. (3) This Act preserves the agreement made between the tribes and the Arizona voters until the expiration of the gaming compacts authorized by Proposition 202. SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Act-- (1) the terms ``Indian tribe'', ``class II gaming'', and ``class III gaming'' have the meanings given those terms in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C.…”