I am not unsympathetic to what the Senator is doing. It is the case that I, certainly as one Senator, see amendments being offered again and again by Senators from the Banking Committee, and they had a pretty good shot at this for a good long while before it came to the floor. Those of us who don't serve on that committee just want an opportunity to get amendments pending and up and so on.
The speaker addresses the need for non-committee Senators to have the opportunity to propose amendments.
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Obviously the future is education. We have a 50 percent high school dropout rate among Native American youth.
I just want to say that I am concerned about the court's decision in Carcieri and the impact it may have on those tribes that were recognized after 1934.
It is well documented that Indian children are far over represented in foster homes, which is another cultural issue.
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