Sidney Yates: “How will these funds be distributed? If there is no longer an Office of Indian Education, who will receive the money for…”

I think that does not vitiate the error that took place in not having waived the rule of the House for NEA, as was done for the other programs. For 10 years we have brought our bill to the Committee on Rules asking for a waiver of all the…

We just do not know what the figures actually are, according to what the staff tells me. The gentleman has certain figures. We are trying to get the figures from the proper authorities so that we are in a position to do justice to the…

May I say that I do not consider it a big windfall. I think that the tribe, on the basis of the explanation given by the gentleman from Mississippi, deserves that money, but to do so at the present time without having all of the figures…

1998 marks the centennial of Guam's relationship with the United States. As the gentleman knows, during World War II, Guam was the only American territory occupied by the Japanese. The people of Guam were steadfast in their desire for…