I would be delighted if this Committee moved forward with either my bill, or Mr. Kildee's legislation, H.R. 3742.

Carcieri has the potential to become a revenue grab for states, and could cause them to call the status of tribal lands into question.

This decision affects many tribes across the nation, particularly those Indian tribes who have gained Federal recognition through the administrative process.

I felt compelled and obligated to introduce legislation to fix this problem.

the federal government's treatment of tribal nations over most of the last 200 years has often been reprehensible.

Mr. Kildee's commitment to Native Americans is well known and widely admired.

H.R. 3742 will amend the IRA of 1934 by reaffirming the Secretary of the Interior's authority to take land into trust for Federally recognized Indian tribes.

I do not see the energy legislation being enacted within the next few weeks.

the administration can only do what it does under the authority of current law, and they can do quite a bit

Congress did not intend that law to regulate fisheries.

This is a critical hearing, and we have had a number of panels come forward and clearly, it is a very contentious and emotional issue.

Many of us are excited because we feel like there is a new level of commitment to cleaning up the Bay

Then here comes climate change to raise our awareness to another level and begin to push the public policy.

one of the challenges we have in responding to climate change as a matter of public policy is that it can be a very abstract concept.

This is a critical discussion that we're going to have today.

I have used for myself as a way of understanding this the metaphor or analogy, I guess, of a levee that we are worried about breaching.

I want to thank you, in particular, for this proposal because reinvigorating any program that is getting our young people out into nature is one I am a thousand percent behind.

My time has expired, but I think you have helped make the point I am trying to make, which is that there is all this alarm about how we would be tying our hands if we went back to the moratoria that were in place when in fact we could…

Thank you for holding the hearing.

The OCS discussion is one that we have been having for the last couple of weeks.

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