Tom Cole actually said...

"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."

"And I'm all for saying let's just not have any earmarks."