"That is exactly right, Mr. Chairman. That is exactly right. I was hopeful we could get it done in November or December after the elections but hopefully we can push that along this year."
"Part of the Choctaw Nation is in my district and I just do not want that to apply to every part."
"If I may, I just want to, for the record, thank you and thank Chief Pyle, who is just a remarkable leader."
"It just flows right back."
"Mr. Chairman, you can see what our problem has been for about 500 years. There are a lot of Choctaws."
"Thank you for the example you provide in the reinvestment of tribal funds back into education, back into services."
"I have been to the facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa and they are terrific, and we get a lot of folks that would not get health care that are from either their reservations or areas of historic ju..."
"Because the need is real and you are quite right, the trust obligation does not cease simply because you are not on a reservation or in an area of jurisdiction."
"It is a huge problem for us. We have had enormous growth."
"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..."