Raúl Grijalva: “I was thinking if there was an instruction manual on how to fundamentally weaken an agency, this is what I think it…”

I look forward to working with you, Madam Chair, and the other members of the Subcommittee to move this bipartisan bill in a similar bipartisan manner.

Mr. Cole's bill would simply restore the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for all tribes, regardless of their date of Federal recognition.

We believe strongly that the solution is not singling out one tribe for favorable treatment to the detriment of others.

Their bipartisan work to correct the misguided Carcieri ruling demonstrates how Democrats and Republicans can work together on this Subcommittee for Indian Country.