"We have actually done pretty well in Labor-H the last couple of years."
"I think that is the big challenge this committee has, is just to what our overall allocation is."
"We are never going to catch up as long as this is all discretionary spending."
"It is a big win for the Federal taxpayer for sure and for Indian Country."
"We have not adequately funded defense. He wants to increase that. I think that is a necessary thing to do."
"I just want to make a couple of points. You know, if you are from Oklahoma, we have more endangered languages, literally, than anyplace else in the world."
"But our Tribes have really done some remarkable things."
"I have never seen a center quite like it."
"Sadly, you know, our history tells us treaties aren't kept very often, frankly."
"I would probably be a Mississippi Congressman instead of an Oklahoma Congressman if people kept treaties."
"Usually, Indians do better running their own affairs than somebody in Washington does."
"Putting as many of these resources in the hands of the people who are on the ground running programs just makes it so much better."