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T. Gorton: “Section 120 of the bill is a section that conditioned tribal priority allocations on the abandonment of a doctrine…”

On the recordSeptember 16, 1997
Section 120 of the bill is a section that conditioned tribal priority allocations on the abandonment of a doctrine called sovereign immunity on the part of Indian tribes. There has been much said during the course of the day about justice, about simple justice, about there being more important concerns than the letter of the law. With that proposition, I find myself in agreement. And the proposal with respect to sovereign immunity was aimed at just precisely that goal--simple justice.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a provision related to tribal sovereign immunity in the Interior Appropriations bill.

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