Tom Udall actually said...

"I applaud Chairman Akaka on his quick action this congress to introduce and pass out of Committee a bill to make a simple yet vital fix to the Indian Reorganization Act that would reverse the Carcieri..."

"if there was any ambiguity, it should have been resolved in favor of the tribes"

"we want to really try hard to bring it about so that the indigenous people of our Country will be treated with justice"

"I really believe--and the President said this last night--if you look at the situation we're in and why we went in, the focus was on a government, as you have said in your testimony, that was shelteri..."