Political Quotes

“if there were ever a time and a piece of legislation where we should try to help the people whom this legislation is directed to help, it is this--Native Americans Indians. But that is not the case. For reasons I do not comprehend, we are not able to legislate on this most vital piece of legislation to an underclass in America that we created--Native Americans. There is--I knew it--a stall going on in regard to this legislation. I understood the direction of the minority on FISA legislation. They wanted to stall it at the last minute so that the House would have no time to work on it. They accomplished that. But why on this? Why now, when we can legislate to try to help a group of people who badly need help? And the place they need help more than any other place is their ability to be taken care of when they are sick and injured. Look what has happened in the State of Nevada. We used to have hospitals for Native Americans in Nevada. They are gone. They have been taken away over the years. The health care for Native Americans in Nevada is extremely limited. They are not served well. We have an obligation--an obligation as a country--to help these people. This is our opportunity, after years, to legislate in that regard, and we are not going to do it. I am saddened to hear about this. I am saddened that the Republican minority is even filibustering Indians. What is this place coming to? Why are they doing this?”