12/05/2011
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"Senator Murkowski and I are working to introduce legislation that would recognize and affirm an Indian tribe's inherent power to exercise their criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians when they commit ..."
"It is incredible to think about, and yet we are still working to recover from this."
"We have, this Committee, has to be the voice for Puerto Rico here because there are no representatives from Puerto Rico on this Committee."
"Is there any way you can use your cheery influence to get the House to see that in that way? Because I am just so concerned about the divide that is going on over there."