little machine right now the arm of the protection agency the bureau of indian affairs the form of the interior because they've spent all this time talking to us telling you this you know what they think we want to hear but if you drive through picher it drive down down the road it looks the same as it would turn off the pope's it won't work no one cares about the people that live there this is not a safe place to live it's a good place there's good people here and it's not fit they have been whispers about buying this place out since it was named the superfund and eighty three i mean horrible water all of this mine waste direct danger to children and they couldn't get the help they need it should have been easier to put a buyout together whether it's a dioxin scare they want to build a lake or highway somewhere buyouts happen all the time and human health dangers here seem to qualify plus starkey graydon said an ace in the hole oklahoma senior senator jim inhofe is chair of the environmental and public works committee in the senate this committee oversees and directs the e.p.a. and of

of doing business on reservations. due to the unique relationship between an american indians and the u.s. government, the bureau of indian affairs is the trustee of native lands. such an arrangement requires that the bureau approves each department effort to try that seeks to undertake. businesses seeking to locate on a reservation must now get murky regulatory waters indian with both the problem government and the bureau of indian affairs. additionally each reservation is governed by a unique set of laws and courts. the patchwork of legal rules and regulations have discouraged business activity on reservations. especially by financial institutions. the problem is only made worse by what some have described as the casual approach to the rule of law. banks planning on some reservations find that they have no recourse when someone defaults on the loan because of their tribal courts are unwilling to enforce the contract. these legal and regulatory obstacles have long hampered economic develop and. i hope we learn, what we learned today, what steps can be taken to alleviate these problems which have impeded economic development in t

of doing business on reservations. due to the unique relationship between american indians and the rest of the population of bureau of indian affairs, such an arrangement requires the bureau approves these development efforts a tribe seeks to undertake. businesses seeking to locate on a reservation must face murky regulatory waters in dealing with the tribal government and the bureau of indian affairs. additionally each reservation is governed by a unique set of laws in court. the patchwork of legal rules and regulations has discouraged business activity and reservations phosphorus -- is specially by financial institutions. the problem is made worse by what some describe as casual approach to the will of law. bank lending on some reservations find they have no recourse when someone default on a loan because tribal courts enforce the time track. these legal and regulatory obstacles have hampered economic growth. i hope we -- what we learned today, what steps can be taken to alleviate these problems which have impeded economic development in indian country. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, are there any other members who wish t