On the recordDecember 8, 2010
There have been no hearings. The Department of the Interior has refused to answer a written request from Members of Congress to identify which tribes. So nobody knows what tribes. Nobody knows anything in this institution when it comes to this. The Department of the Interior has refused to answer. There is no consultation with the States. This bill is almost a repeat, a repeat of how this Congress and this city and this country got in trouble with the Abramoff thing. This is scandalous. This provision--I don't care if it's a Republican amendment or a Democratic amendment; it is a bad amendment. It will bring about crime, corruption. It attacks on the poor, and it is a bad amendment. And because of all the great reasons that Mr. Lewis said and others said why it's a bad bill, this is another good reason. This bill should be defeated. Because when you vote for this bill, you are voting for expansion of gambling all over this country.
