Tom Udall actually said...

"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..."

"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"

"It is a struggle getting there, but it is a struggle worth having and worth going through the process."