Tom Cole

I want to thank you personally. This hearing would not have happened without you making the decision for it to happen.

A move like this to provide representation, to recognize a treaty right and to enforce a treaty right from the 1830s would, I think, be something that people would pay attention to.

I always say Native American issues aren't and never should be partisan issues.

This is not unusual. I mean, we have had settlements with the United States of America and various Indian Nations about the United States' failure to sustain its treaty rights.

And I think that from the perspective of the Cherokee Nation--and I don't mean to be overly dramatic--but we have waited two centuries.

We are not talking about anything different here than we already do in multiple cases in this regard.

The case that the chief is bringing before us today is pretty specific and pretty clear.

Each document we should look at, each decision we should make individually.

It is really not a partisan issue; it becomes an institutional issue.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing.

This is a good day. And I want to thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

To quickly respond to my friend. Crime is also a problem all across the country, and we will work with you on the 9/11 survivors bill, which I point out, again, was originally my colleague from New York's bill as opposed to a Democratic…

I thank my good friend from Texas for yielding. (Mr. COLE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I urge a ``no'' vote on the previous question, and I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Armstrong), my very good friend.

I have got a question really for General Scobee.

We are going to miss you, General. You have done a fantastic job for the country, and just appreciate all the hard work.

I want to associate myself with and maybe echo the concerns of the ranking member of the full committee and the ranking member of the subcommittee simply over the balance inside the President's budget.

It is just a no brainer to spend millions--to spend billions on preparedness to save trillions of dollars in costs.

I urge you to find a way through to provide support for global COVID control.

Americans are much more likely to be killed by a pandemic than by a terrorist.

I think it's just a no-brainer to spend billions [on preparedness] to save trillions.

I sometimes think, you know, we try to do too much at the Federal level, and I am not talking in terms of money.

Obviously this is a difficult morning for all of us, and I want to associate myself with your opening remarks.

I am always pleased to point out that in the 7 years we have had the opportunity to work together, each in a different role--sometimes chair went back and forth--but the reality is we found common ground seven times in a row, and I am…

I think we can fix that, and we did. And we were able to get a fairly substantial boost.