Congress Quote by Sharice Davids

I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress.

— Rick Renzi

It's taken over 240 years for there to be a Native American woman elected to congress, so it's definitely significant that we were able…

— Deb Haaland

Native Americans have faced centuries of atrocities to their people, their land, and their culture - all under various presidents who took an oath…

— Markwayne Mullin

As a Cherokee, I can attest to the fact that Native Americans have been on the losing side of history. Our rights have been…

— Markwayne Mullin

Over the last several days, we have heard from members of Congress who want their voices to be heard. I absolutely agree.

— Barack Obama

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”

— Mark Twain

Too often, Indian tribes are at the mercy of the shifting political winds of State government.

— Jim Costa

What we have done with the American Indian is its way as bad as what we imposed on the Negroes. We took a proud…

— Richard M. Nixon

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of those minds, that admit sounds, without their meaning

— Samuel Johnson

“There is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.”

— Mark Twain

“Today’s Congress is a polarized, dysfunctional body, rendered helpless by partisanship, more focused on scoring short-term political points than on solving our nation’s urgent…

— Al Franken

“In existing writings about federally recognized tribes and their engagement with tribal acknowledgment politics, a palpable theme is clear: presently recognized nations are not…

— Mark Edwin Miller