Tom Cole actually said...

"I encourage this Committee to favorably report both the Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Act and the HEARTH Act."

"Progress for our most challenged population, Native Americans, is a good thing for our country and will have a positive impact for our image around the world."

"I think this really mitigates the need for hard power, when we can do things in a cooperative and a peaceful way."

"I like this program, and I like it for a lot of reasons: first, because it has been bipartisan in a place and at a time when that has been hard to achieve."