[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CORRUPTION IS ALIVE AND WELL IN CONGRESS

  (Mr. SHAYS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, my Democratic colleagues talk about the great 
activity in the House.
  We had great activity in the House before. You didn't have a do-
nothing Congress last year. You had a do-nothing Senate. And you're 
going to have a do-nothing Senate again this year. You're going to 
stack up all your bills and you're going to be waiting just like we 
did.
  The other outrage that is happening is there is a bill, H.R. 1294, 
that is going to recognize six Indian tribes, bypass the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs.
  Corruption is alive and well in this place again because that's what 
we did a few years ago. We stopped it. There is a process that should 
be followed. Go before the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
  How do we know what's a tribe? How do we know if there's economic, 
social, and political continuity of these tribes precolonial time?
  The Democrats are bringing back a corrupt practice. I urge you to pay 
attention to this.

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