"We have a treaty responsibility with these tribes, one that I am painfully aware of, that is necessary that we try and meet."
"We can't wait two decades. That is somebody is born and they become an adult before we can improve their school, that is just too long."
"I do want to thank you for the work that you did in making sure that these local organizations could survive during this pandemic because it was critical to a lot them."
"One of my advocacies is to make sure that we get grants and so forth out to rural communities."
"To me, that is a very important program, and we need to make sure that it gets funded at an adequate level to be able to carry out their responsibilities and stuff, as I am sure you are well aware."
"We can't ignore that we have betrayed the trust of many people in the past because we haven't done some of this mining right in the past."
"I think there is really good bipartisan support and has been for the National Park Service in this committee over the years."
"I have kind of come to the conclusion, no matter what rule we write, we are going to get sued."
"Well, I appreciate that answer. I wish my ranchers, and farmers, and others felt the same way."
"I come from an agricultural State of North Carolina. I have spent a lot of time on this issue."
"It just seems like writing a new rule in the midst of all this uncertainty before the Supreme Court rules seems premature now."