09/20/2010
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"I have been proud to co-sponsor various legislation seeking recognition for these Virginia tribes, including S. 1074."
"Senate Bill 161 is essential to correcting this injustice and to allowing the Little Shell Tribe to proudly take its rightful place among the Indian tribes formally recognized by the United States gov..."
"The record and the facts are crystal clear--the Lumbee Tribe exists as an Indian tribe and has done so over its long history."
"The time has come for action. The time has come for movement of legislation. The time has come for discrimination to end and recognition to begin! The time for Lumbee recognition is now!"