"I don't want to stick my nose in Virginia politics, let alone Virginia Indian politics, but one of the big struggles to get the recognition, which I supported, you know, and the Tribes were not happy ..."
"If you limit the ability of the Tribe to do business that is lawful, then you are limiting their ability--because they don't have the power to tax."
"I would ask for specific working groups with practitioners and Tribes together to begin to really see solutions."
"I have a lot of confidence in my friend who I know Mr. Sossamon know, Chief Batton is a member of that as well."
"And our students, when we have adequate housing, we know their grades go up."
"None of these problems are going to be solved in a single appropriations bill."
"I would like some of the money you take from me to be spent on my good friend, Mr. McGovern's program."
"Not to interrupt you, it meets your needs because Congress put more of them in there than you asked for last time."
"I do believe in the end we do need more. ... I hope Congress, once again, delivers a budget, honestly, that is larger than the President request."
"I want to just point this out for you. Fort Sill is a pretty major facility for the Army ... And yet, under the construction budget, there is not going to be a single building built at Fort Sill for 5..."
"I think we are in an era when artillery really matters."
"I don't think we will be okay there."