07/18/2012
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"the bill puts a royalty in place for all minerals extracted from public lands."
"the harm that was done to Native American tribes was unfortunately inflicted deliberately with the goal of not only forcing cultural assimilation but also of achieving territorial dispossession."
"we need to achieve both of those things to not only right the wrongs of the past, but to try to achieve some kind of healing so that we can emerge together as one society."
"I think this legislation deserves to be bipartisan."