Bill Keating actually said...

"Thank you, Chairman Gallego, Ranking Member Cook, the distinguished members of the Committee for inviting me to speak today about H.R. 312, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act."

"I think it's a particularly sad statement that 400 years later they still have to defend against attacks on their lands."

"This bipartisan legislation would direct the Department of the Interior to keep 320 acres of Mashpee Wampanoag land in southeastern Massachusetts in trust as federally recognized reservation land."

"These two bills, H.R. 375 and H.R. 312, would put many tribes on the pathway to better health, better education and great self-reliance."