Political Quotes

“I support Mr. Obey's amendment to restore funding for the Office of Indian Education. Elimination of the funding will mean over a $2 million loss to the State of North Carolina and over $1 million in my own congressional district. There are many members of the Lumbee Indian tribe in my district, the largest tribe east of the Mississippi, and the ninth largest in the United States. They have benefited greatly by the Indian education program. They have become doctors and lawyers. They have become productive, law-abiding citizens, teachers, many professionals, and I am proud of the contribution that the Indian Education Act has made to their lives. I think our human resources are clearly just as important as our natural resources, and to cut this out to accomplish fiscal austerity on the backs of Indian children is in my opinion mean spirited and shortsighted. Please vote for the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey].”