I believe that this is one of the glaring examples of the need for certainty and agree with you, President Porter, in--that clarification is needed.

It's often through debate here on different bills and legislation that comes that we learn things about each other. We may learn facts about a bill that we're discussing or about experiences that we've all had. What a lot of people…

I wanted to bring up a subject today that's on the minds of people all across this country, and this is the drought that is hitting so many people and our economy. I was recently in the northwest corner of South Dakota and had the chance…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate this hearing. It is timely given it is the second anniversary of the Dodd-Frank and we need to look at these reforms and the related rules and see how they impact people on the ground.

So is that more of an informational-type role that you fulfill with the courts. Are you summoned in a manner?

It is timely given it is the second anniversary of the Dodd-Frank and we need to look at these reforms.

H.R. 2335 will respect Indian nation governments as other governments are respected.

The NLRB decision from several years ago is an affront to the principle of tribal sovereignty, which is referenced in the Constitution.

I believe it would also go a long way in continuing to promote economic opportunities and development on tribal lands by eliminating ambiguity that exists in current law.

Resurrecting this tribal territorial sovereignty approach should be the urgent focus of any new labor law reform efforts.

Tribal self-determination has long been the goal of federal Indian policy.

The NLRB's decision in the San Manuel case to override tribal authority is an outrage.

We urge you to include in your labor reform legislation the provisions of H.R. 2335, the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2011.

If we are going to have Federal land in this country, then the Federal Government needs to maintain it.

The true threat and the hurt is felt at home by these local and small governments who are bearing the cost of that.

I have plenty of time for this because this is a very important issue for us, so I thank you for yielding to me and allowing me the opportunity to ask a few questions and to make an opening statement.

Even if you took the $18 million number--I was running some numbers here while I was sitting--it appears to me that what has actually been treated and addressed on Forest Service land is less than 2 percent of the lands that you have…

It underlies the importance of this issue that we have people on both sides of the aisle that are looking to find a solution.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support this bill, which would repeal the President's health care law. We've known all along that this bill will cut a half a trillion dollars out of Medicare. We've known…

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I thank the leader for yielding. You know, it never ceases to amaze me the misleading claims that will come from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle at times. One of them that has been talked about a lot here today is the fact…