Tom Cole actually said...

I see a lot of these things as functions of a system that has been historically underfunded.

Cole discusses the challenges faced by the Indian Health Service due to historical underfunding.

02/23/2016

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Enacting H.R. 375 would restore clarity and stability for all federally recognized tribes, regardless of their date of recognition.

I would respectfully urge the Committee to try to move H.R. 375 through the House.

No Member of Congress and no Federal policy maker would have designed a system that has two classes of tribes for land into trust.

The Supreme Court rules specifically that the Secretary's authority to hold land in trust for tribal governments under the Indian Reorganiza...