12/11/2017
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"If this bill passes the way it is written, those tribes may very well have to litigate whether they are legitimate."
"H.R. 3764 is a thinly veiled attempt to upend the legally-supported ability for the Secretary of the Interior to federally recognize Indian tribes."
"I am actually very disappointed in Congressman LaMalfa, who would assume that Congress does not have hyper-partisan, dysfunction, inability during these times."
"This bill would put the power to recognize tribes in the hands of the Chairman of this Committee and the Speaker of the House."