I think that would be significant and I think an undercutting of sovereignty trust responsibility if we were to establish a precedent that essentially, whether you want to call it consultation, but would provide a state or another local entity, a municipality, a county, essentially veto power over a process that is devoid of those other interests.
Grijalva warns against giving states veto power over tribal land trust processes.
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Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), a distinguished member of the Natural Resources Committee.
Mr. Chairman, again, in our view, this amendment is unnecessary, but it is not actively harmful, either. I hope we can move on. I hope that everybody is satisfied, that they got their little clips done in terms of being strong, hard…
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