10/02/2007
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"So, that is why the system is broken, in my view, Madam Chair. It is really a court decision that has caused the problem."
"I have been a champion on this issue for the past 15 years, since the Supreme Court's 2009 Carcieri v. Salazar decision."
"To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes."
"Congressman Tom Cole, now has the distinguished honor of chairing this very committee."