It is about atoning for the ill-conceived policies of the past, and affording tribes and tribal members a much better future.

It is extremely difficult to work with an administration without timely and accurate responses to our letters.

It makes it very difficult for you and for me to do our jobs when we don't have enough data.

Remember, they were the original owners of this land that was taken from them, pillaged from them.

Which would strengthen tribal sovereignty and self-determination.

Ranking Member Torres Submission: Comments for the Record from the Quinault Indian Nation dated May 23, 2017.

I think that when we look at maximizing this dollar, if you are only looking at the cost of land, and not really looking at the bigger picture of what the tribes really need, it is a short-sighted plan.

Not every tribe has a casino in their backyard, or has a very successful business that is a money-making business for them.

Ranking Member Torres Submission: Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Letter addressed to Chairman LaMalfa and Ranking Member Torres with written testimony dated May 23, 2017.

Ranking Member Torres Submission: Statement of Troy Scott Weston, President of the Oglala Sioux Tribe dated May 23, 2017.

Some tribes have seen a greater reduction in fractionation.