John Chenoweth: “Mr. Chairman, some things change in time and some things just do not change in time. I want to bring that into focus in…”

“Mr. Chairman, some things change in time and some things just do not change in time. I want to bring that into focus in my comments. Some things that do not change in time is the nature of government, the nature of a government that when it grows too large, then it begins to encroach on our constitutional rights and our ability to make a living off the land. I want to share with Members a little bit of history, and, that is, that about 125 years ago, the U.S. Army sent General Custer into the West to conquer the Sioux Nation. In doing so, what they did not realize is that the Sioux were very keen people in regard to the promises that the American Government had made them, promises that were broken, promises that were broken when the American Army went in and they wounded and sometimes killed women and children. It was a broken promise between the American Government and the Sioux Nation.”