Tom Cole actually said...

"I do have some concern, again, I recognize you have got budget realities here, but the $44 million cut in construction is going to hurt a lot of these things."

"We are not talking about some sort of takeover here. We are talking about a cooperative arrangement and negotiated agreement."

"I think it builds a lot of support for the National Park System because parks obviously are not distributed evenly all across the country."

"The needs of this population really are unique, and having the concentration of expertise and people familiar with dealing with substantial numbers of Native Americans is really critical for us."