03/07/2011
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"We have a responsibility... to acknowledge it, and with the highest level of respect and candor begin the process of healing and reconciliation."
"My bill makes sure that industry, not taxpayers, foots the bill for their toxic legacy of pollution."
"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."