Tom Cole actually said...

"Frankly, you cannot really assess the needs if you do not track them anyway, you do not know if you are doing any good."

"It is a nightmare problem in Oklahoma, the allotment situation, so what is the feasibility?"

"this really is a huge problem jurisdictionally because historically you gave tribes the ability to have jurisdiction over their people but you did not give them any jurisdiction with people on their l..."

"this idea that you have to give up part of your sovereignty to get some of it is really incredibly offensive."