Committee Proposal

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/05/news/state/67-panel.txt" >Rehberg seeks creation of Indian affairs panel</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. Senate has one, and now Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., sees the need for a permanent committee on American Indian affairs, too.<br />n<br />nOn Thursday, Rehberg asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to consider an amendment to the House Rules package that would create an Indian affairs committee, similar to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.<br />n<br />n"The creation of such a committee would be a dramatic step forward in improving the livelihood of all Native Americans, and would signal a commitment on the part of Congress to recognize and address issues important to Indian Country," Rehberg said in a letter to Pelosi, D-Calif.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI don't know if another Congressional Committee will be a big help or not for Indians, but it can't hurt. With a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/05/news/state/42-suit.txt">second lawsuit</a> opening up over Indian trust issues, Congress, the government and the American people need to sit up and take notice of what is going on. These lawsuits are going to affect everyones pocketbook and maybe more Congressional oversight would help. What might really help is to do away with the trust status of Indian lands and accounts and let the individual tribes and Native Americans handle it themselves and then the problems won't mount up anymore.<br />n<br />n<strong>You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. Abraham Lincoln</strong>