Paul Cook: “I would be very, very careful of anybody from Washington. Don't trust them.”

I think we have to change the behavior of the Federal Government, and particularly their attitude with Native Americans, Indigenous People.

Eliminating or sharply curtailing the ability of tribes to carry out resource extraction and development on tribal lands would be the wrong approach.

Yes, we have already been pretty public in stating that, for offshore drilling, we believe very firmly the moratorium should be in place.

I was absolutely appalled, being the guy that opened the World War II Memorial, when barricades had been rented or purchased and put up in an open air memorial to do nothing but harass the Nation's veterans that put their lives on the line.