James Lankford actually said...

"If it's not possible to do that--if a business or a home or whatever it may be, is still locked into that system, you can't build a growing sense of wealth."

"From an economic development point of view, what can tribes do to become more economically diverse?"

"What have you seen, as far as the success rate in the 8(a) programs, as far as, at the end of that 9 years; by your 10, 11, 12, that business still exists?"

"Oklahoma tribes have been incredibly successful on the whole and there are many things that can be shared with other tribes."