Doc Hastings actually said...

Mining creates thousands and thousands of jobs across this country, and it is the very economic foundation of many communities across the country.

Hastings highlights mining as crucial for job creation and community stability.

02/25/2009

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This is an immensely important decision, and I think that it is the responsibility obviously of this Committee and this Congress to try to s...

Any statements to the contrary are clearly an attack on Congress' plenary authority over Indians.

S. 1759 and H.R. 3750 would interfere with fulfillment of a long-deferred federal trust responsibility owed to the Hoopa Valley Tribe.

It fundamentally shifts Congressional policy over recognized Indian tribes in what I consider, Mr. Chairman, to be the right direction.