Madam Chair, thank you. I want to commend you and the ranking member, Mr. Graves, for your continued work in a bipartisan way.

Entrepreneurs generate between 60 and 80 percent of all new positions, and are the most effective driver of economic growth.

With unemployment at its highest point in 25 years, we could use that kind of job creation now.

There is a reason so much of our recovery effort has focused on small business. It is simple reality--jobs.

At a time when big businesses are slashing their workforce, we need to invest in businesses that are creating jobs, not cutting them.

I cannot support such legislation.

The fair way to address this situation is to allow the Lumbee to complete the administrative process.

I want to thank Chairman Rahall and Ranking Member Hastings for holding this hearing today.

Congress should be absolutely certain that the Lumbees meet the objective criteria at Interior before it enacts a bill.

Members of Congress should not arbitrarily rule on the identity of a people without establishing the facts.

I believe Congress should lift that restriction and let all those groups complete the process, even on an expedited basis.