09/06/2017
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"The record and the facts are crystal clear--the Lumbee Tribe exists as an Indian tribe and has done so over its long history."
"That question is a dagger in the heart of the good, decent, and honorable people who compose the Lumbee Tribe!"
"It may surprise members of the Committee that these tribes are not currently recognized."
"I realize that some of my colleagues have apprehensions about pursuing legislative recognition when an administrative route was established by Congress in 1978."