Maria Cantwell actually said...

"If any proposal is going to be advanced to alter our contract rights under the Indian Self-Determination Act, it should be done through an open and transparent process."

"I really wish that our colleagues on the other side of the dais here would be here."

"It's unbelievable to me that we're sitting here and that you have to come and do this instead of being able to do the job that is already dangerous and treacherous to begin with."

"We're getting real stories fed back to us by constituents and those constituents are suffering greatly."