Joe Courtney actually said...

Unfortunately, the BIA goes far beyond merely changing process--it also changes substantive law by radically rewriting criteria for recognit...

Such a rewrite of the rules violate well established legal principles that protect the finality of judgments which all Americans have an int...

As the Congressman for eastern Connecticut, which has experienced impact that tribal recognition can result in, I speak for the vast majorit...

I think that many were frustrated by the process, in terms of how opaque it was, the fact that it took a long time.