Elijah Crane actually said...

"However, they have always been a socially and politically distinct tribe."

"I hope we can help your people push this over the finish line, not only for your people, but I would love it if your grandmother got to see this in her lifetime."

"After more than a century-and-a-half of struggle, the Tribe does not have a reservation that is exclusively their own because of Congress' inaction to settle boundaries."

"I introduced the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Homelands Act because Congress should not stand in the way of self-governance for the sake of maintaining overburdensome oversight and legalism."