Jay Inslee: “I think the crux of the problem is, who really in America ought to make that decision of whether that next 40 acres goes…”

“I think the crux of the problem is, who really in America ought to make that decision of whether that next 40 acres goes into a reserve or goes to something else. Let me suggest to my colleague that what I am saying tonight is that is not a decision for the gentleman from Idaho to make, it is not a decision for me to make. It is a decision for the property owner who should be given the right, on a willing and consensual basis, to sell it to whomever he wants, the YMCA, a church, Federal Government, the State. But that is a decision by the property owner. What I am trying to say is that the gentleman's amendment unfortunately strikes at that basic American principle for him to decide what happens to that 40 acres.”