03/27/2017
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"Just as the Northwest Ordinance permitted new states to enter the Union on an 'equal footing' with existing states, Congress extended the same principle to tribes."
"So, I have a question for you. Can you define what you included in your testimony; can you define this entity?"
"Thank you for your attention to this bipartisan legislation as we work to support the existence of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe."
"H.R. 312 is such a law--founded in justice and humanity--to prevent further wrongs being done to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe."