03/25/2025
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"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."
"It is unfathomable that this tribe of 55,000 people has never been fully recognized by our government."