12/16/2009
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"I do want to talk about the first thing that you talked about as you referred to Senator Udall's statement on economic development and how critically important it is that we get the unemployment rate ..."
"But the truth is, from my perspective, it shouldn't take 31 years for a tribe to get recognition."
"I want to thank the witnesses for being here, of course, and to share their recommendations to address what I think is the single biggest challenge that faces the VA right now."
"The folks who have been in service to our country deserve nothing less than full, fair hearings before our government, and when we do not give them that, we fail them."