06/19/2014
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"Do you think that this legislation that we are looking at now impacts those previously negotiated matters under the Indian Claims Settlement Act?"
"Isn't Congress still able as the legislative arm of government to recognize a specific tribe and authorize the Secretary to take lands into trust on behalf of that tribe?"
"I mean, these are sovereign nations, and yet we are layering extra hoops to jump through on them constantly."
"I want to compliment Mr. Heinrich for putting this bill together."