On the recordMarch 9, 2010
Okay. We will come back to you on this to try to get what your view of accurate data is.
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Senator Webb expresses intent to revisit the topic for accurate data.
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Those are basically tactical questions. It also affects issues of sovereignty. Those are strategic questions.
For these reasons, I strongly believe that recognition for these six Virginia tribes is justified based on principles of dignity and fairness.
My impression was this is not the situation you would have in many of these other historic evolutions, where you have the desire of the people on top simply to perpetuate a system of the past.
I am a sponsor of the Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2011.