"Well, in the Little River Band case they did not make the treaty argument directly..."
"I think that what we are looking for is exactly what the testimony is; is about parity with respect to the way Congress is treating tribes."
"We have families that we love, that we need to take care of, just as you do."
"This issue is hard only because we make it so."
"We believe that the government ought to support the role of marriage in our society."
"This sets aside same-sex couples as an elite class, and those same benefits would be denied to opposite-sexed couples who choose not to marry."
"I do believe that this creates an opportunity for abuse."
"I hope that doesn't come as a great surprise to you."
"I do encourage that this bill will be defeated."
"America is not, as my colleague has said, a theocratic society."
"It's to right wrongs. It's to right injustices."
"There needs to be a principle established of equal rights for equal representation and equal service."