Political Quotes

“my amendment to the bill is straightforward and simple. It will prohibit the use of appropriated dollars to begin a rulemaking process by the National Indian Gaming Commission that runs contrary to congressional intent. Nine years ago, the Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to regulate what was even then a rapid spread of gaming activity in Indian Country. The act established a three-member Commission to promulgate regulations to control and oversee tribal gaming activities. These regulations were intended to ensure the integrity of the games and to give States an assurance that gaming activities that were not available to non-Indians similarly did not occur on tribal lands. These regulations were four years in the making and have sustained legal challenges all the way to the Supreme Court. In essence, the regulations serve to classify and define the different types of games allowed under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Games such as blackjack, craps, and roulette fall under the category of class III, basically casino gambling. Games such as slot machines and video poker machines--the largest revenue generators of gaming--also fall under the class III category. Games such as bingo and traditional tribal gambling games fall under class II and class I respectively. For years these regulations have worked well. Electronic devices that clearly are class III, or slot-machine-type devices, have been regulated under class III gaming.”