Tom Cole actually said...

"the Chickasaws are more than willing to cede back every--if we can just have northern Mississippi and parts of Alabama back."

"I would love to get a copy of that. I was able to wave it around a Budget Committee meeting to some effect recently, so it is a great piece of ammunition to have."

"I have got actually both kinds of facilities and tribes in both situations in my district, and you know, it is pretty unfair in terms of those that simply do not have the ability."

"This is a case, Chairman, where we are being penny wise and pound foolish because we get tribes to invest and then do not follow through and they are not going to invest again."