Tom Udall actually said...

Do you just have to kill somebody or rape some woman in order to get the Federal Government's attention?

Udall highlights the lack of federal attention to serious crimes in tribal areas.

06/24/2009

More Tom Udall Quotes

I would hope that that Tribal Office would see its mandate as reviewing all of these things and educating the Treasury Department, the IRS, ...

The situation cries out for a Congressional fix.

The role of the Indian Tribal Governments Office is only as wide as the responsibility of the Internal Revenue Service.

One of the things I am wondering is, you have State and local governments and then you have tribal governments.