Maria Cantwell actually said...

"Thank you for continuing to pay attention to these important issues, and we certainly believe in the Northwest that we have very creative ideas as it relates to the economic success of Indian country."

"We consulted for a couple of years all around the country: What are the needs, what should we do, how do we address this."

"And while you say you don't know a lot about fish, you do know that health care is important and that's why you pushed so hard to get this legislation passed, so it is truly, truly, truly historic."

"We have to fix this because we're going to have a lot of land that is in trust that's now in question."