Tribal leaders will make a good-faith effort to notify other tribal leaders if they believe that they cannot abide by this agreement.

I have no questions for my good friend from Arizona, other than, Mr. Chairman, to inject into the record Section 3[j] of the Arizona compact...

Let us walk back in history before we jump too far ahead.

Do you feel, I think it was asked, as a general proposition that Congress, after the fact, should feel free to unilaterally amend an Indian land or a water rights settlement without the consent of the tribe?

And so the settlement occurred almost at that period of time, and before--and I hope I have my dates right, because thee are about 28 lawyers in the audience, and I am sure they are checking that right now.

We have an existing settlement here. We have a piece of legislation that undoes that settlement. And that is the fundamental difference.

I think, to the point that was made regarding other land settlements that have the prohibition, the two that I worked on have been in cooperation and consultation with the tribes.

I think the Governor made some good comments in his testimony about that nowhere in the Land Replacement Act does the O'odham Nation have the right to game on its lands placed into trust under the Land Replacement Act, let alone outside…

The fact that gaming is central to the debate doesn't take away my concern about the legal precedent that is being set here.

Mr. Speaker, this summer I took part in the Speak Out for Good Jobs Now! Rebuild the American Dream tour. Thousands of concerned Americans packed rooms across this country to share their stories of hardship, unemployment, and struggle…

The second bill, H.R. 2852, would require the American people to give away 24 million acres of public land.