On the recordJanuary 10, 2018
I strongly urge my colleagues to oppose this legislation. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, in summary, this Federal Government has had a very spotty record over the many decades of its treatment of Native American Indian Tribes in this Nation, and for us to not act in order to countermand what the National Labor Relations Board has done on its own would be a mistake. It would be wrongheaded, in that if we are going to have the types of relations, these government-to-government relations with Indian Tribes in this country, that level of respect, then Congress needs to act, Congress needs to maintain that relation. So for local governments, State governments to have this protection from the NLRA and the Tribes not to, then we would be making a severe mistake to not take action here today with this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I urge strong support for all portions of S. 140 today, and I yield back the balance of my time.
