Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be withdrawn; that the Heinrich substitute amendment at the desk be considered and agreed to; and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The committee-reported amendments were withdrawn. The amendment (No. 3324), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed to as follows: (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Indian Buffalo Management Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) buffalo sustained a majority of Indian Tribes in North America for many centuries before buffalo were nearly exterminated by non-Indian hunters in the mid-1800s; (2) the historical, cultural, and spiritual connection between buffalo and Indian Tribes has not diminished over time; (3) Indian Tribes have long desired the reestablishment of buffalo throughout Indian country for cultural, spiritual, and subsistence purposes; and (4) the successful restoration of buffalo would allow an Indian Tribe to benefit from-- (A) the reintroduction of buffalo into the diets of the members of the Indian Tribe; (B) the rekindling of the spiritual and cultural relationship between buffalo and the Indian Tribe; and (C) the use of buffalo for economic development, in the case of an Indian Tribe that chooses to use buff…”