Raúl Grijalva: “If you do not act Utahns will lose out, Americans will lose out, and, worst of all, future generations will lose out.”

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.

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

I rise today, the proud granddaughter of a bracero, a hardworking Mexican immigrant who came to this country for a better life, and I stand as the proud daughter of a U.S. Congressman, a man who spent his entire life fighting for justice…

The passage of single-tribe legislation will inevitably diminish the political will to achieve additional Carcieri fixes.