Political Quotes

“Congress in its daily routine of deliberating and passing legislation, especially environmental legislation such as the Safe Drinking Water Act, being dealt with on the floor today, makes decisions that affect hundreds of thousands of members of Indian tribes across the country, and certainly thousands of people in the State of Nevada. We have, in the past, often failed to give adequate recognition to this fact and to provide the tribes in Nevada and other places with a basis for direct involvement in these major decisions that affect their economic and social well-being. In doing so, we have deprived the Indian tribes of this country of their sovereignty, their basic right to be involved in the decisionmaking process. The amendment before the Senate today invokes protection of tribal sovereignty and affords a tribal consultation role in the decisions that may affect public health concerns associated with public water systems.”