the more we are able to keep people in the job because they are healthy, that is going to be significant help to our economy.

the notion that it is just a casual thing is, the 1988 IGRA gives great emphasis to the compact that was broken by the Tohono O'odham.

We have had struggles in Michigan. I have helped about half the tribes in Michigan get their sovereignty reaffirmed.

We know that Indians have the right to do this gaming under their sovereignty; that is according to the Cabazon decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.

I helped create IGRA back in 1988, and that was shortly after the Cabazon decision, which gave the Indians their right, under their sovereignty, not to be governed by the State laws on gaming.

I want to make sure that we keep IGRA and maintain that right of Indians to game under their sovereignty, as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court, but not create that backlash.

What changes by the NLRB would help expedite that?

Unions really help build a middle class in this society.

The power of unions in general have lessened in those years.

I fundamentally believe that education is a local function, a State responsibility, and a very, very important Federal concern.

Increasing equity in education is crucial for our nation's economic success.