"We have to be careful not to slice away a bit at their sovereignty."
"But the preemption scares me. You have the Governor of Texas talking about secession..."
"Chapter 6 of the Commission's final report best describes the significance of the Gulf to the Gulf economy and environment, as well as to the nation as a whole."
"I suspect many of them are at the table defensibly, but nonetheless they are at the table."
"I don't see how you are going to make this work without some sanctions."
"We are glad to have you supporting so strongly the rights of the sovereignty of the Indians."
"We do have in the Constitution our basis for our relationship to the sovereign nations."
"In certain states, there are treaties, specific treaties signed by tribes, yet through the years, the Department of the Interior and the BIA have just dropped certain tribes that were signatories to t..."
"But this would be as a result of litigation, would it not?"
"I think with lending as sluggish as it is right now that the lender would be very hesitant to lend money where there is some question as to whether the law covers them as a really existing potential b..."
"And I think, as Mr. Cole stated earlier, it has the potential to affect generations of economic development that have really turned around tribal communities."
"And I just want to let the author know there are some real conflicts here, and unless they are addressed, we will have a little problem."