"I just wanted to thank you for two things. First in your testimony, I really appreciate the fact you mentioned the roles of President Nixon, Ford, and Reagan played in reestablishing self-determinatio..."
"I would just like to echo the point that Mr. Simpson said."
"If there is anything that we can do legislatively to help you in terms of facilitating that process, please let us know or come forward with recommendations because it really is very important, as you..."
"I really want to commend the Administration on this. We have had successive administrations... that did not sit down and bring this to a settlement."
"I will assure you you will be seeing lawsuits about this in the not-too-distant future."
"I would really like your comments. One of the things that really frustrated me at multiple administrations over the process of Cobell was this act of, investigation of the records, computations."
"I think you can get way too caught up in these details. It is people's lives and assets."
"I commend you for doing it. I certainly will take you up on your offer--I literally would love to see this."
"What I do not want to see is the parties caught in litigation that is literally generations long."
"I look forward to working with him and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to make sure that we get this historical obligation of the United States taken care of."
"I think this is a history that is not a very happy one in this country where there has been a lot of abuses."
"If you push production outside the United States, ... this stuff usually happens someplace else and usually happens worse."