Neil Abercrombie: “I support your amendment; so leave me out of it. It is unfair for you to do that.”

What we are dealing with here in practical terms is 1.8 million acres in ceded land, the former crown lands.

Yes. Not everyone may have been on the floor or listening at the time that I indicated that I had a conversation with the Governor this afternoon, and I indicated to her that I would say specifically on the floor that we have agreed to…

I could not take leave of the floor, Mr. Speaker, without mentioning the following: It is one thing for Representative Hastings or Young or Rahall or myself and others to take to the floor, but without staff support, it simply couldn't be…

In support of our substitute amendment, the amendment ensures that the Native Hawaiian governing entity will have the same governmental authorities and sovereign immunity of other native governments. The Abercrombie amendment, the…