I appreciate the President's and your initiative on that.

I think that was the original intent, Mr. Chairman. I know this is a constituent issue.

The point I am leading to is that the Tongass Timber Reform Act has an explicit ban on that harvesting, if I am not correct.

This legislation would not allow that. One of the reasons for the opposition on my part is exactly that.

I would say talk about trust, and I think also talk about the fact that as we have tried to define that decision through the courts and administrative hearings, the trust issue, and what role an understanding has had in the decisions that…

Nobody is immune from that, my friend.

I appreciate that answer very much. Thank you for clarifying that.

H.R. 1410 is an ugly black mark on the United States and the State of Arizona's long relationship with the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Let us understand what H.R. 1410 really is: special interest legislation which would create a non-competition zone for the Gila River Indian Community and the Salt River Indian Community.

H.R. 1410 will break the promises explicitly made by the United States in 1986 and explicitly made by the State of Arizona in 2003.

Every allegation that has been made about my nation, every falsehood and every accusation about the integrity of how the nation has conducted itself in the pursuit of its replacement lands has been soundly rejected by the Federal courts.