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Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014

Floor Speech

Date: July 10, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Indigenous Peoples

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Mr. CRAMER. Madam Chair, I rise in support of this important amendment. One wouldn't think that the Congress of the United States should have to pass amendments on appropriations bills to ensure that the Constitution is upheld by the bureaucracy or that long-held promises made by the Federal Government are kept.

That's exactly what this amendment does. Not only will it ensure that the Corps of Engineers no longer engages in charging the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and its citizens and the sovereign tribes along the Missouri River for the water that is rightfully theirs, but it also frees up the Corps to engage in more productive activities that we've heard a lot about tonight.

I am proud to be a sponsor and proud to stand here and support this important amendment, and urge my colleagues to do the same.

I yield back the balance of my time.

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